The universe has a sense of humor and you see it with the pressure being applied to the Germans to supply tanks to the Ukrainians. So far, the Germans are resisting this and they are barring other countries from exporting their tanks to Ukraine. The reason given for this refusal is that the Germans have a small number of these modern tanks and they lack the ability to produce more of them. The generals are balking at the idea of de-arming themselves for Ukraine.
That is a legitimate concern, but a bigger concern is the optics. Western elites obsess over optics and the German elite is fanatical about it. The last thing they want are images of German tanks on fire in the Donbas or Russian tankers showing off a destroyed German tank. Then there is the inevitable photoshop opportunities to impose old German iconography on these new tanks. This would bring back what one would call unpleasant memories for the German elite.
There could also be another reason for their refusal. The Germans have told the Americans that they will send their tanks if the US sends Abrams tanks. This can never happen as the Abrams is unfit for this type of fighting and they cannot be sustained in the field. The Germans surely know this, but they also may understand that part of the plan is to further reduce Germany. After all, the point of NATO is to keep Russia out, America in and Germany down.
Time will tell but it is starting to look as if there are some cracks beginning to appear in NATO. With word filtering out of Ukraine that maybe things are not going as well as the Zelensky government has been claiming, buyer’s remorse may be setting in with some NATO countries. So far, the war has cost Europe one trillion just in increased energy costs. That number will keep growing as long as cheap energy from Russia is off the table. The big talk is coming with a big price tag.
Topics
· More Biden Docs (Link)
· Rats Fleeing The Ship (Link)
· Alec Baldwin (Link)
· Seals In Ukraine (Link)
· Ukraine Update (Link)
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