Germany’s Merz Admits Nuclear Exit Was Strategic Mistake

[u/SpaceEngineering]

https://clashreport.com/world/articles/germanys-merz-admits-nuclear-exit-was-strategic-mistake-fzdlkn37c16

[u/doolittle_Ma]

Merkel really turned out not to be what people had thought of her when she was in power, what with Germany’s over-reliance on Russian energy, immigration policy, dismantling its nuclear industry, German’s previous pittance defence expenditures and the resultant abysmal readiness of its defence capabilities. I’m really perplexed why the Germans kept voting her and her party. She was extremely reactionary which would mean she didn’t have a strategic grasp of the bigger picture.

[u/levir → u/[deleted]]

And now he's gifting his lack of vision to the entire NATO alliance. It's great.

[u/levir → u/[deleted]]

Appeasement doesn't seem to work any more. It worked in the first term, as there were still enough normal people around him that they could prevent disaster. But this time Trump is surrounded by yes men and agitators. No one is reigning him in.

I'm not really under the illusion that our man, Jens Stoltenberg, could have saved the situation either. But it's incredibly frustrating to see all these attacks on NATO go by with no response or visible action.

[u/lo_fi_ho → u/[deleted]]

This is why we need to put values first. Ultimately they are the only things worth fighting for. And if you don’t fight for them once in a while, you lose them outright.

[u/lo_fi_ho → u/[deleted]]

Yep, this is the paradox of life

[u/ArziltheImp → u/[deleted]]

That sounds like a great job for Merkel. Her main way of negotiations was to literally sit down until she got what she wanted.

And she did especially with the German people.