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Posted on 05/27/2025 3:26:11 PM PDT by Mariner
The German chancellor’s drive to keep a campaign pledge of more robust backing for Ukraine is running into blocks within his own government as he prepares to welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin.
Friedrich Merz made a full-throated declaration on Monday, hours before Zelenskyy’s one-day visit was announced, that Germany was for the first time lifting previous range restrictions on weapons supplied to Kyiv, along with Ukraine’s other main western supporters.
His statement – in an interview with a public broadcaster, which his team later posted to social media – was widely interpreted as a pivot toward bolstering Berlin’s aid to Kyiv at a time of devastating aerial bombardment by Russia.
It drew immediate condemnation from Moscow and invited speculation it could be a prelude to Germany announcing it was sending long-requested Taurus missiles to Ukraine, possibly as soon as at the Zelenskyy talks on Wednesday.
However, on Tuesday, Merz, of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, appeared to finesse his message as he faced criticism from his coalition partners, the centre-left Social Democrats.
Far from a groundbreaking new policy, Merz said, permission for Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russian territory using weapons supplied by western allies had been granted previously after an extensive debate.
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Meanwhile, Germany has not delivered a single Taurus missile that could make the dropped range extension real.
Farcical. A friggin' joke.
My stand up response to the German Chancellor.
Friedrich Merz sounds like “Fred Mertz” to me.
Merz is a German word but it sounds a bit like a French word.
“Merde”
Yesterday Merz shot his mouth off against Russia and Israel. He echoes the sentiment of nations aligned with him.
The EU-UK-Canada Globalists-Leftists are hostile to both Russia and Israel.
Their stance boxes me into the nations I may have to end up supporting in the end.
As for President Trump he better not get sucked into this but I’m not sure about his end game.
Every time Z is around the “coalition of the willing’” he gets elevated to a god like Status and he says something counter productive and unrealistic (like Russia will never have Crimea )
That’s why Trump told him to shut his mouth the other day
Do the Euroweenies want Ukraine to fight Russia so they won’t have to?
What is their problem?
“That’s why Trump told him to shut his mouth the other day”
POTUS should follow his own advice.
I hope you’re not hinting Fred and Ethel Mertz are involved.
“What is their problem?”
From the political standpoint, imagine if half of your government was composed of professors from Columbia university. These are people who would apologize to a mugger because their broken jaw had scratched his fist.
Trans Europe Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv8_EZrNhpY
Germany needs to implement that mandatory draft immediately. And send them off to the Russian front.
Problem? The Krautz are still sore about losing those last two wars they started and getting their buttz thoroughly beat. They’re itching to get into one they can win. And they’re telling the Ukes “OK, you go first.”
Who woke up and decided that from now on, Zelensky would be spelled with TWO ‘Y’s, vs just one?
In past few days, I’m seeing several FR posts spelling Z’s name as “Zelenskyy”. I suspect, one person saw it, was not sure if that has become the NEW way to ‘respectfully’ spell it.
Similar to the NEW way of spelling Turkiye (formerly known as
Turkey). This still has yet to catch on.
Who’s bringing the cocaine?
Kraftwerk were pioneers in electronica. They did hit the Top 20 with Autobahn in the early ‘70s. German nerds to the core.
You loyal to Russia.
Pathetic.
You know what's worse?
Trump ain't sure either!
There’s a power greater than us all who knows the real end game.
If the pattern of past weapons deliveries holds, it’s likely Taurus missiles are already in Ukraine but lack permission from the U.S. to use. As far as Germany is concerned with World Wars, I guess they figure third time is the charm!
when will these globalist twerps just stfu?
NATO is sinking
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