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US-Israeli war on Iran is 'breach of international law': German president
AFP via France 24 ^ | 03/24/2026 12:01

Posted on 03/25/2026 11:16:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke on Tuesday of a “deep rift” with traditional ally the United States and said the US-Israeli war on Iran was a “breach of international law”.

In unusually strong comments, the German head of state said that just as there was no going back from Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, “there will be no going back to before January 20, 2025”, when US President Donald Trump entered the White House for a second time.

“The rift is too deep and the trust in American power politics has been lost, not only among our allies but… worldwide,” he said at an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the German foreign ministry. […]

He stressed that the US-Israel war on Iran was, “in my view, in breach of international law”. …

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: European Union; Germany; Iran; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; eussr; fourthreich; frankwalter; germany; goosestepper; iran; israel; rop; steinmeier; waronterror; whatshisfrnick; worldwar3

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Yeah right, “traditional ally”. Never mind not a single soul that bleats “international law” being able to cite just what law they speak of.
1 posted on 03/25/2026 11:16:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

From the Land of the Black Pots.


2 posted on 03/25/2026 11:17:34 AM PDT by larrytown
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To: Olog-hai

America is a sovereign nation. We don’t play that “international” booschidt.


3 posted on 03/25/2026 11:18:12 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Welcome to Chicago. The wrong place at the wrong time! Hope you brought a gun. Gov. Prixster.)
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To: Olog-hai

So find an international law enforcement agency and do something if you dont like it.


4 posted on 03/25/2026 11:18:13 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

If they called the number of who they thought was such an agency, Trump’s phone would ring.


5 posted on 03/25/2026 11:18:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: larrytown

Fancy Germany worried about war and international laws.


6 posted on 03/25/2026 11:19:00 AM PDT by llevrok (Voter apathy wins elections for liberals.)
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To: Olog-hai

STFU!


7 posted on 03/25/2026 11:20:27 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Olog-hai

Almost every time I hear or read “Germany” “German people” I remember that the German Wizards of Smart TURNED OFF ALL OF THE ELECTRICITY generated by nuclear power plants.

Even the FRENCH know better than this. The French are build MORE nuclear power plants.


8 posted on 03/25/2026 11:22:44 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Olog-hai

When did he convert to islam?


9 posted on 03/25/2026 11:25:32 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Olog-hai

Well if anyone would know, it would be the Krauts.


10 posted on 03/25/2026 11:27:54 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Olog-hai

Who?


11 posted on 03/25/2026 11:29:01 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Not all 2,000,000,000 muslims want to murder me. But 200,000,000 probably do.)
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To: Magnum44

Basically, you just paraphrased Stalin there. That “how many divisions dies the pope have?” thing...

Of course, nobody can do a thing about it. But it comes at a price. Nobody respects us like they used to. They only fear our coercive power, and they would like to come here so they can make money.

But your concept drops a JDAM on the whole Shining City on the Hill of Reagan.


12 posted on 03/25/2026 11:31:12 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Flaming Conservative

When did the Germans switch to Islam? Well, a solid case can be made that it was in the 1930s, accelerated in the late 40s with SS Alois Bruner, and other war criminals going to Syria... and ending in the 50s/60s with the massive Turkish wave of guest workers.


13 posted on 03/25/2026 11:39:55 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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Nobody respects us like they used to.

Are you going to be okay?

14 posted on 03/25/2026 11:42:27 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Olog-hai

We should let Germany have France if that’s what it takes to shut up these ex-Nazi pricks.


15 posted on 03/25/2026 11:47:38 AM PDT by Old West Conservative
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To: Magnum44

“So find an international law enforcement agency and do something if you don’t like it.”

plus, pretty much everybody paying attention knows that there’s no such thing as “International Law” ...


16 posted on 03/25/2026 11:48:00 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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Nobody respects us like they used to.

Seriously?!?! That has got to be the biggest "waaaaaahhhhhh" comment I have seen here in a long time.

17 posted on 03/25/2026 11:51:10 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: llevrok
Fancy Germany worried about war and international laws.

We made them care.

After WW2, the Allies (with input from Jewish leaders) demanded that Germany henceforth recognize International Law.

If the new "International Law Germany" is a Frankenstein monster, we created it.

18 posted on 03/25/2026 11:54:52 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Olog-hai

international law? aside from Nuremberg and freedom of the seas, what
s he talking about


19 posted on 03/25/2026 11:58:36 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Olog-hai

International law is basically the biggest pipe hitter makes the rules/law.

Kinda like in Judge Dredd ‘I am the law!’


20 posted on 03/25/2026 11:59:25 AM PDT by ChuckHam
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