rsemmes
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We have to be truly terrorized by the possibility of an invasion, when we talk about 2034.
Or confused. Rhetoric vs reality, maybe a lot of headlines, without any real action, or a very distant action, means that there is not real threat.
Within days of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Olaf Scholz announced a Zeitenwende, or historical “turning point”.
However, two years later, the German Council on Foreign Relations published a report saying Scholz’s transformation had yet “to deliver meaningful change”.
The reality of what Merz is offering Ukraine is somewhat more complex, as is what he can do to meet Nato’s wider demands of an expanding German army.
It may also be in office that Merz has been made more aware of complexities including the need for Ukrainians to have six months’ training on their use, and the implications of the German soldiers giving training inside Ukraine. The government has now retreated to a position of strategic ambiguity on what he will do, and focused on offering Ukraine a partnership to jointly build missiles.
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Or confused. Rhetoric vs reality, maybe a lot of headlines, without any real action, or a very distant action, means that there is not real threat.
Within days of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Olaf Scholz announced a Zeitenwende, or historical “turning point”.
However, two years later, the German Council on Foreign Relations published a report saying Scholz’s transformation had yet “to deliver meaningful change”.
The reality of what Merz is offering Ukraine is somewhat more complex, as is what he can do to meet Nato’s wider demands of an expanding German army.
It may also be in office that Merz has been made more aware of complexities including the need for Ukrainians to have six months’ training on their use, and the implications of the German soldiers giving training inside Ukraine. The government has now retreated to a position of strategic ambiguity on what he will do, and focused on offering Ukraine a partnership to jointly build missiles.

Germany vows to step up militarily but rhetoric may struggle to match reality
Not all is going smoothly after Friedrich Merz’s promise to build up German army and ‘no limits’ on helping Ukraine