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Germany stalling on sending tanks to Ukraine

The Germans wouldn’t want to appear to be like Nazis of WW2 or anything but stalling on sending much needed tanks to help the Ukraine defense against Russia is making them look pro Russian more than pro NATO.
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From a few articles I read it appears unless the US sends Abrams tanks, the Germans won’t send their Leopard tanks reported to be very good tanks.
@soar2newhighs All allies will comply...eventually. if not in tanks...then in some other valuable way. Germany is stalling to get some other source to step up that will guarantee to fill Germanys fuel needs if sending tanks pisses off Putin enough to turn off the pipeline into Germany. Its winter in Germany... and Russia supplies all fuel needs to Germany....including heating oil.....used by 75% of the country. Diplomacy deals with a great deal more facets of need vs value than depending on opinions of "this is what i heard they should do".
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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@anythingoes477 What putin feels about anything is of no concern. He isn't a factor anymore... just another neurotic russian clown.

If we tip-toe around him, he will simply see that as weakness and use it as a lever. Instead, we need to slap hard and fast and repeatedly. [i]Very[/i] hard and [i]very[/i] fast
@newjaninev2 You have the same highly educated approach and understanding of world dynamics, policitcs and diplomatic requirements for a solution to Putin as a bull in a china closet. Let me guess....got that from FB? A Qanon chat line?
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@anythingoes477 putin is merely doing what soviet leaders used to do... because putin's head is still in the Soviet Union of the 1970s. He is neurotic.

Steal something, try to retain what you have stolen. When that isn't viable, offer to negotiate. Use the negotiations to return part of what you stolen while retaining most of what you originally stole. Demand gratitude from your victims for this.

Lie, and do not stop lying. The bigger the lie the better. The more blatant the lie, the better.

Falsely accuse everyone else of doing what you are doing

Use innuendo and vague threats to make people afraid of actions that you would never actually carry out.

Once the pressure has eased (because of your apparently 'reasonable' stance) immediately [i]steal even more than you originally stole[/i], and then begin the process all over again.

Keep doing this.

putin follows this process every single day.

[b]He will not stop until he is stopped.[/b]
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@anythingoes477 [quote]a solution to Putin[/quote]

putin isn't a problem to be solved.

putin is a pathetic kleptocratic gangster, surrounded by a cabal of parasitic war criminals, who needs to be slapped hard and stopped in his tracks.

The 'russian federation' will soon fragment, putin will be swept into the dustbin of history, and the russians will pay the price of their self-delusions and greed.

For starters, they will have to return the washing machines 😂
@newjaninev2 Sure....lets relax. When Putin dies...all problems solved. Maybe in 5 years?10? 20? Great solution. Why didn't anyone else think of that? Putins no problem.
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@newjaninev2 Absolutely. 😆 🤣 😂 No specific date and time? 😆 😆 😆 😆
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@anythingoes477 Soon. That's all the barbarians need to know.

Sooner than they think.
@newjaninev2 Thought you were describing trump. This sure fits him to a tee. 😆
@newjaninev2 Why do i get the feeling you see flying monkeys?
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@anythingoes477 Yes, trump or putin comes to the same thing... narcissistic autocratic gangsters with a simple approach:
Claim credit for victories and deny responsibility for defeats.
Lie. Never stop lying. If caught in a lie, tell a bigger lie.
Everyone else is expendable. Without remorse or hesitation... expendable

Of course, both are pathetic poseurs, and dustbin bound