Posted on 08/01/2025 7:26:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Germany announced on Friday that it will provide two additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming days, and several more in the coming months, after the Pentagon agreed to quickly replenish Berlin’s stockpiles.
The statement, issued by Germany’s Ministry of Defense, also said Germany would be paying for the new Patriot systems provided by the US.
“The prerequisite was that the US manufacturer would deliver new Patriot systems as quickly as possible in return so that we could continue to meet our NATO obligations,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a statement. “This commitment from the US side has been made.”
Germany has provided three Patriots to Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion, and had been reluctant to send more until they could ensure that the systems would be replenished by the US.
But under a new plan unveiled by President Donald Trump last month, European nations agreed to transfer weapons to Ukraine while purchasing new ones from the US to backfill their stockpiles. The plan, which would see Europe shoulder more of the burden in supplying Ukraine, has been under discussion ever since Trump won last year’s election and European officials quickly began deliberating on ways to sustain US weapons shipments to Ukraine under a leader who had vowed to pull back American support, CNN has reported.
Col. Martin L. O’Donnell, a spokesperson for NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, told CNN in a statement that NATO is prepared to coordinate the weapons’ “urgent delivery” to Ukraine.
“NATO is delivering on the initiative President Trump and Secretary General Rutte announced last month to boost support for Ukraine by opening additional assets to Ukraine through investment by Allies in Europe and Canada. Germany has shown its leadership in this regard,” O’Donnell said.
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I thought Biden left office.
Do we have any left?
“Germany has provided three Patriots to Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion,”
Two more won’t help. And Germany may need to keep some Patriots for themselves in the near future.
Short answer is no. Perhaps the more important question is how do we act so as to never need them ourselves?
Perhaps we are close to ganging up and absolutely crushing Russia so that none of us need Patriots systems to defend against them. Yes, it will mean taking some losses but perhaps more important to crush them now. Should have done it in 1945 with Patton. F*cking weak Truman with no vision.
Excellent
Keep dreaming.
Biden left office, and so did the endless ‘gifts’ given to Ukraine. President Trump is selling Patriot Missile systems to NATO countries.
Even though Ukraine is currently under missile and drone attacks, NATO countries are snapping up brand new more advanced systems for themselves, and giving Ukraine old equipment. NATO countries didn’t have money to contribute 2% for their defense, and Trump raised the bar to 5%. So really, NATO countries don’t have the money or supplies they pretend to have.
“Perhaps we are close to ganging up and absolutely crushing Russia so that none of us need Patriots systems to defend against them. Yes, it will mean taking some losses but perhaps more important to crush them now. Should have done it in 1945 with Patton. F*cking weak Truman with no vision.”
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Russian military assets are depleted a good deal. Not enough to remotely consider their fangs pulled, but enough for a group of allies to outflank them politically and strategicly right now. It does remind me of General Buck Turgidson
“Perhaps we are close to ganging up and absolutely crushing Russia so that none of us need Patriots systems to defend against them. Yes, it will mean taking some losses but perhaps more important to crush them now. Should have done it in 1945 with Patton. F*cking weak Truman with no vision.”
Got any military age kids? Are you in the military? Gonna put your own fundament on the line? It’s easy to talk big and shoot your mouth off when you have no skin in the game.
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