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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said that his country can play an important role in providing security guarantees for Ukraine, but that Berlin likely doesn't have the capacity to send troops to the embattled country.

aug 18, 2025, 11:10 am • 28 12

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ggdepa.bsky.social @ggdepa.bsky.social

Translation: a German security guarantie is worth less than toilet paper.

aug 18, 2025, 1:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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gerhard_mangott @gmangott.bsky.social

So how would a German security guarantee for Ukraine look like?

aug 18, 2025, 11:12 am • 3 0 • view
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timtoo.bsky.social @timtoo.bsky.social

Support via Intel, equipment, arms, etc.

aug 18, 2025, 12:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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adrian525.bsky.social @adrian525.bsky.social

And that's an "important" role? 🤔🤔🤔

aug 18, 2025, 1:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Peter Doubt @peter-doubt.bsky.social

Ultra delicate. The Ukrainians would certainly brush up on 20th century history

aug 18, 2025, 11:35 am • 2 0 • view
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Th.M.G. @thmg2.bsky.social

🤔

aug 18, 2025, 12:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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AMH @askmehow.bsky.social

Yeah, Ukrainians as a buffer. Great plan

aug 18, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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howidiotami.bsky.social @howidiotami.bsky.social

germany is too stretched to provide enough troops for its own defense.. even UKR's present army can overwhelm its (non-existing) defenses!

aug 18, 2025, 11:29 am • 0 0 • view
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Peter Doubt @peter-doubt.bsky.social

Germany has plenty of people who desire to settle there.... Perhaps they can find a few among those

aug 18, 2025, 11:34 am • 0 0 • view
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howidiotami.bsky.social @howidiotami.bsky.social

good idea..? just try!

aug 18, 2025, 11:36 am • 0 0 • view
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Peter Doubt @peter-doubt.bsky.social

The Brits would call it a *sticky wicket* And for once, it's a wicket that Britain didn't plant!

aug 18, 2025, 11:40 am • 0 0 • view
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howidiotami.bsky.social @howidiotami.bsky.social

pray.. do they also have a term for an "impossible" wicket?

aug 18, 2025, 11:44 am • 0 0 • view
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Peter Doubt @peter-doubt.bsky.social

Closest thing I can think of is a black hole

aug 18, 2025, 11:49 am • 1 0 • view
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Raul Martinez @raulmartinezgalera.bsky.social

Chicken

aug 18, 2025, 11:16 am • 1 0 • view
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timtoo.bsky.social @timtoo.bsky.social

No, smart. Historical politics.

aug 18, 2025, 12:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Raul Martinez @raulmartinezgalera.bsky.social

Germany should be a zombie state, slave of its past if there’s any willingness to be someone in the future. Traumatized chicken

aug 18, 2025, 3:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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Truth Dog @truth-dog.bsky.social

Then they’ll need those troops when Russia invades eastern Germany in a few years.

aug 18, 2025, 11:44 am • 0 0 • view
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Antypolski Letarg Lemingów @adammakulski.bsky.social

This makes me think that NATO article no 5 might not work as we expect it to work.

aug 18, 2025, 4:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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wolandroland.bsky.social @wolandroland.bsky.social

-_-

aug 18, 2025, 11:32 am • 0 0 • view