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Donald Trump has claimed, “Ukraine hasn’t got the cards”, insinuating a likely Ukrainian defeat. But the Ukraine war is slowly turning in Ukraine’s favor, so why is Trump lying about Ukraine?

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Randahl Fink
thank you! I tried so many new ways of editing this — I am in absolute awe of Davinci Resolve and all its new features.
Silkester
Your statement of Germany not delivering tanks in the first year is a misleading statement. Germany took part to equip former Soviet Block nations now in the NATO with western tanks, so that they in turn were able to deliver a larger number of tanks to Ukraine.

Strictly speaking you were probably correct, but in respect of spirit and efforts not so much.
Randahl Fink
you are absolutely right, that there are many more details in the delivery of arms to Ukraine, than I can cover in a few sentences of one chapter of a 20 minute video.

But I hope we can agree, that Germany had more political foot dragging and longer political discussions than countries like Poland or the three Baltic countries.

I am not trying to knock down Germany in particular. I am just illustrating how our Ukraine support has not been perfect all the way.

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Silkester
Not without reasons. Germany still has to tread lightly because of its history 7 decades later. You can feel the unease growing since Trump went full Shitler and #fckAfd is gaining more support than it ever should.

Germany's dependence on Russian gas was economy crippling at the time of the invasion. Those billions of support for Ukraine now are possible, because Germany didn't cripple itself in 2022.

All of Europe was in peace mode at the time and it took adjustment.
#fckafd
The Animal and the Machine
I mostly agree with you but measured in Ukrainian dead, all of Europe is too slow and not enough. Everything else is just an excuse.

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Silkester
In those early days it was a US go fix this attitude, which had been the US favored policy and EU was happy with it.
Since Trump stopped this attitude for good, EU stepped up. I.e, Ukraine has drones from Germany's arms development, even the Bundeswehr hasn't received them.
That tank exchange program wasn't just because the West wasn't willing, it was a question of combat readiness. Me (= mostly military ignorant) still understand that speed is a factor in military response.
Silkester
Having hardware not being able to use it properly doesn't really help. As I understand it, Ukraine soldiers entered training programs that have been come to full fruition recently.

I can't tell if Ukraine could have figured it out on their own. I assume not. Plus Western equipment still has to be adapted to Ukraine military stuff.

So it is way more complicated than media painted this.

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Christian Willmes
but maybe also a valid excuse none the less? In Germany the political debate is very comlex, there are a lot of voters who fall for Friedensbewegung (left populism) basically saying, that we need to stay out of any military conflict. And this divide of opinion divedes the SPD votership. Just to explain why this was so hard for Scholz to handle. (He did a lot to help Ukraine, that was actually not very much communicated, to not disturb this wing of the SPD vortership)
Silkester
Trauma is not an excuse. Born 1960s German — I can assure you the trauma of the war in my grandparents and my parents was very real.
2nd-ary trauma is just as real.

German memorial culture of the Holocaust and getting reminders from the world that we started not one but two WW affects the psyche.

It isn't just Bush-US red alert, orange alert red alert political theater after 9/11. 9/11 was traumatic — don't get me wrong — but Bush took cold-hearted advantage.

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Christian Willmes
to be clear, I do not excuse this, just explained the situation Scholz had to handle. I am very much in favor to support the Ukraine much more.
Silkester
So am I (I want to see the deoccupation of Ukraine, all of Ukraine), and yet it scars the shit out of me. not because I think Germany would be morally to blame if it puts boots on Ukraine soil (like in Zelensky's suggestion) to help and coincidentally if/when(?) this war changes like the US openly changes sides, attacks Greenland and puts troops on Taiwan, thus provokes China, ... wawooom! Mushrooms.

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