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Europe must take its fate in own hands, can no longer rely on US for protection: Merkel
2018-05-11
[PRESSTV] German Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslems ..
says Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
can no longer rely on the United States for protection, urging European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
member states to take the bloc’s destiny in their own hands.

"It is no longer such that the United States simply protects us, but Europe must take its destiny in its own hands, that's the task of the future," the German leader said at an award ceremony in Aachen, a German resort city near the border with Belgium, where French President Emmanuel Macron received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize for his efforts in boosting EU integration and cohesion.

Merkel’s comments came two days after US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
declared that his country was pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying Washington would not only reinstate the anti-Iran sanctions lifted as part of the deal, but would also "be instituting the highest level of economic" bans against the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

The JCPOA came out of years of negotiations between Iran on one side and the P5+1 group of countries -- the US, UK, La Belle France, Russia and China plus Germany -- on the other, in July 2015.

The American leader announced his controversial decision after his European allies, including the UK, Germany and La Belle France, and a number of other countries failed to convince him not to pull out from the landmark accord. Trump also threatened all countries, the US allies included, with sanctions if they violated the US-embargoes against Iran, worrying Washington’s traditional allies in Europe.

Posted by:Fred

#15  Sorry for the misspelled quote. My ATT device was made in China.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-11 15:05  

#14  60 tanks opperatiomal

Newly built German tanks are all being sold to the Islamic state of Turkey.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-05-11 15:02  

#13  Oh, they can afford a military just fine. It's that they don't want to pay for a military. And why should they, when they have a sucker to provide security for free? They take the savings and pay for a welfare state instead.

And then, and this is the part that really burns me up, they come back and criticize the fuck out of us for protecting them. Baby-killers, occupiers, murderers, get the fuck out of Europe you flatheaded racist morons. We all know the rest by heart, we've heard it so many times.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-05-11 14:53  

#12  "... Can't rely on the US..."

Well, Lady, you've utterly abdicated any attempt to defend yourself. Right now the Bundeswehr has exactly SIXTY operational tanks. The Luftwaffe has fewer than 25 operational Eurofighters, and the Navy's submarine force is COMPLETELY non-operational. Put another way, several US state National Guards have more operational tanks and combat aircraft right now.

Tell ya what, though. We'll promise to make sure our contribution to NATO matches yours exactly.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-05-11 12:15  

#11  
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-11 11:35  

#10  Europe must take its destiny in its own hands

Does it mean they double on their preaching on their fake ethics system to the rest of us?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-11 11:25  

#9  How are they going to do that when they can't even afford a military?
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-05-11 10:57  

#8  Finally! Jesus Christ, it's like they expected free security for the until the heat death of the universe. Ungrateful assholes. It's about time!

This is what winning feels like. It feels good.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-05-11 09:18  

#7  Go for it. Strength gets respect.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-05-11 09:04  

#6  Germany has previous for trying to "protect" the other peoples of Europe.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-05-11 08:23  

#5  I've seen this movie before. Where an entitled brat loses their inheritance because the money managers embezzle the funds and they find themselves having to fend for themselves. Usually a comedy and from our prospective, it will be.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2018-05-11 06:58  

#4  Thinking? I thought that was a photo of her on the toilet.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-05-11 06:36  

#3  "...but Europe must take its destiny in its own hands, that's the task of the future,' the German leader said at an award ceremony in Aachen, a German resort city near the border with Belgium, where French President Emmanuel Macron received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize for his efforts in boosting EU integration and cohesion."

This twenty-year old photo shows she is capable of deep, deep thoughts. Many of us couldn't understand some of the nuances.
Posted by: Fairbanks   2018-05-11 05:50  

#2  Europe must take its fate in own hands, can no longer rely on US for protection: Merkel

What EU? What Europe for that matter? It's just a matter of time before it's toast at the rate she's funneling colonists "immigrants" into the area.
Posted by: gorb   2018-05-11 03:54  

#1  Better late than never.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-11 02:58  

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