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Martin68

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1. Being pushed into a proxy war? Better to keep actual combat at arm's length than outside your

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 12:10 PM

Jan 2023

door. It os a lot cheaper in both treasury and lives to deal with Russia now than to let them secure Ukraine and start looking around for more territory.

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Germany & U.S. Agree on Tanks for Ukraine, German MP Accuses U.S. of Pushing Berlin into Proxy War [View all] Uncle Joe Jan 2023 OP

Being pushed into a proxy war? Better to keep actual combat at arm's length than outside your Martin68 Jan 2023 #1

US voracious predator, Russia misunderstood victim BeyondGeography Jan 2023 #2

sorry - the german MP is just wrong lapfog_1 Jan 2023 #3

I wonder what Putin has promised Germany? Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #5

natural gas... as in two pipelines worth. lapfog_1 Jan 2023 #6

Yep it is all about Nord Stream. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #7

Confirms my belief the US had to lean on Germany to do the right thing here. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #4

It's not clear that her opinion is remotely in the majority. xocetaceans Jan 2023 #8

I am not going by what anyone is saying. I am looking at Germany's behavior. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #9

Fair enough. xocetaceans Jan 2023 #10

I look at behavior. Talk is cheap as my grandmother used to say. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #11

Clearly, there's a lack of appreciation for Germany's politics, of military matters, and xocetaceans Jan 2023 #12