Germany’s military power is on the rise. This time it must be firmly embedded in Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations
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As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens NATO, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent

As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens NATO, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent.

Timothy Garton Ash Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford

  • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
    114·
    2 months ago

    Last time? True, Western Germany was a super powerful military embedded in western Europe. Maybe that’s why the Soviets never attacked.

    • doben@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      421·
      2 months ago

      Imagine simping so hard for the German state, that you pretend not to understand, what‘s meant by „military power“ and „last time“ and in the next sentence shift towards an attack on the military power that paid with 27 million lives to stop Germany‘s extermination campaign, the last time it was a military power.

      Absolutely normal.

      • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
        69·
        2 months ago

        I know that you are German. You probably feel deeply ashamed about your family’s history and your great grandparents or great great grandparents and their crimes.

        But please don’t put your personal history onto cotemporary Europe.

        Please also don’t let it drive you to ignore history of all the millions who died due to Soviet war crimes, violence, starvation.

        We’re all against fascism here, darling. You’re not alone. This is not the battle you’re fighting.

        • doben@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          39·
          2 months ago

          I’d suggest to talk for yourself only. And you certainly are not anti-fascist. You don’t even know how stores work, why should any normal working class human trust your Staatsräson takes, that usually are not even based on facts or reality even?

          And you keep doing this same attempt of a character assassination based on nothing. It’s a bit embarrassing. And always when your hilarious state narratives are being challenged.

          We’ve been talking German military and you keep trying to shift the focus away from the state’s obvious historic path and responsibility, by the use of Red Scare propaganda to shovel blame onto the evil Soviets. The shit you pull is close to denial of German history.

          Anything, except accepting critique of the German state.