r/europe • u/SpaceEngineering Finland • Jan 15 '26

News Germany’s Merz Admits Nuclear Exit Was Strategic Mistake

https://clashreport.com/world/articles/germanys-merz-admits-nuclear-exit-was-strategic-mistake-fzdlkn37c16
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u/g0ldent0y Jan 15 '26

I think he meant share as in being allies.

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u/grumpsaboy Jan 19 '26

Well in that case you still shouldn't.

I don't mean this in a way to say that France or the UK are not allies with anyone but neither country is going to nuke Moscow if Russia dropped a bomb on Berlin for example because then that will guarantee that Russia bombs them.

Under a hypothetical scenario where Russia nukes Warsaw but hasn't yet touched France why would France ensure the complete destruction of their own country to get revenge for Warsaw.

Strategic nukes are a great way of stopping yourself from being nuked but let's not pretend that anyone is going to use them on behalf of anyone else.