Il cancelliere tedesco Merz: “Se volete che vi aiutiamo in un conflitto del genere, chiamateci prima e chiedetecelo.”
https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-nahost-sonntag-290.html#Merz-bekraeftigt-Kritik-an-Iran-Strategie-der-USA
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(Translated Excerpt)
>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has once again expressed criticism of the US strategy in Iran. ‘If you want us to help you with a conflict like that, then call us beforehand and ask us,’ Merz said on the ARD program ‘Caren Miosga,’ referring to the failure of the US to consult Europe before the start of the Iran war. He reaffirmed his criticism of the US strategy and defended his statement that Iran had ‘humiliated’ the United States.
>The Chancellor denied that the withdrawal of US soldiers from Germany announced by US President Donald Trump was a reaction to his criticism of the US. ‘There is no connection.’ At the same time, he confirmed that the ‘Tomahawk’ cruise missiles promised by then-US President Joe Biden in 2024 will, at least for the time being, not be stationed in Germany.
You can read more about the interview [here](https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/merz-koalition-usa-100.html) (it’s in German though).
So now both Meloni and Merz are on Trumps shitlist. Whos left?
Make sens?
Even if he asked beforehand, Europe shouldn’t help the pedo with his illegal wars
Sounds like a reminder that coordination matters as much as capability in alliances.
Last time they asked (with Powell’s fakebottle of anthrax) and were refused, we got years of “cheese-eating surendering monkeys”, “Freedom fries”, “Iraq first, then France”, … that we occasinally still see first-degree on US forums (without their authors even knowing where their memes come from)
I am glad that Europe becomes more assertive to this self declared most powerful leader of all times
I mean, he’s not wrong
Fuck you, Trump
True
It was illegal for German troops to be deployed outside of Germany before 1994, and after then only as peace keeping troops. For Trump to ask Germany to partake in an illegal and hostile war is completely trashing the post cold war situation and completely ignores the geopolitics of Europe.
The current US is about as bad as an “ally” can get. At least with an enemy you know where stand, Trump spins a wheel of fortune every morning to decide what he’s going to do.
Leck Eier! Ein Kanzler mit Anstand hätte schon lange abgedankt. Ein HuSo erster Klasse! Hoffe die Polizei steht morgen vor meiner Tür weil Merz 1 Pimmel ist!
So – win/win/win/win?
Trump for now doesn’t put tomahawks in Germany, in return for Iran agreeing to something that effectively opens Hormuz or freezes that conflict at least.
Trump gets a win and gets to shit on Germany a bit, Putin gets a few fewer rockets aimed at him and Iran gets something too I’m sure. Merz gets lower gas prices, kerosene for German tourists in summer and to play tough guy vis a vis Trump in order to boost his ratings ahead of critical regional elections in Germany. It worked for Schroeder after all.
Europe gets another booster for their own cruise missile programs and is no less secure because there’s still like 75k US soldiers where those tomahawks would have been placed.
Great response!
What was Germany going to do? Germany has little to no strike capabilities.
Right. It’s common courtesy to at least talk to your allies before starting an illegal war of aggression.
the thing is, they don’t trust us, as Germany has been in BED with the terror regime of Islam and the islamic revolutionary guard corps for YEARS. There are regime goons all around Germany living freely and spying on dissidents.
Fritze Merz sollte erstmal sein eigenes Haus in Ordnung bringen.
Eier.
C’est le moment d’apprendre le français. https://ibb.co/cSDknWZJ
Seems completely reasonable.
Well the EU ist still pretty much dependent military wise on the US. The thing is, no matter how much you try to appease the oranger, he does not understand the language of diplomacy, prudence and foresight and the longer he governs the less people there are who will talk sense into him from the US side, since those people are getting removed day by day.
There is no other way than to get indepentent as fast as possile while trying to reduce the damage done by the orange as prudent as possible. The US is done for, the only question is how many countries it pulls down together with it.
Let’s make Trump look like an idiot.