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2016-06-19 Europe

Germany blasts NATO for 'warmongering' that risks reviving 'an old confrontation'

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Posted by Fred 2016-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Remind me again, why after the wall came down we are still in Europe providing military welfare?

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2016-06-19 07:07|| 2016-06-19 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, Russians are sure that's because you hate them and want them extinct. Of course, Russians have this history where they always invaded from both East & West - sometimes at the same time.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-19 07:10|| 2016-06-19 07:10|| Front Page Top

#3 NATO exercises are "warmongering", but Russian violations of airspace and harassing aircraft and ships is "peaceful outreach".

Check Steinmeier's bank accounts. Make sure he's not living beyond his official means. And if he has a mistress, follow her to find her controlling agent from the Russian embassy.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-06-19 10:13|| 2016-06-19 10:13|| Front Page Top

#4 grew up in East Germany, mebbe

Posted by Punky Dark Lord of the Jutes1070 2016-06-19 11:38|| 2016-06-19 11:38|| Front Page Top

#5 From Wikipedia:

Frank-Walter Steinmeier ([ˈfʁaŋkˌvaltɐ ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌmaɪ̯.ɐ]; born 5 January 1956) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2013. He currently serves as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with regard to 2016 German chairmanship of the OSCE. Steinmeier was a close aide of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder

So, a socialist with ties to Schröder, who I'm sure we all remember fondly.

And of course, Schröder is chairman of Nord Stream AG, with connections to Russian oil interests.

But this is all just a crazy coincidence.

Posted by charger 2016-06-19 12:20|| 2016-06-19 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Tremendous amounts of resources are wasted 'fighting the last war'.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-06-19 12:34|| 2016-06-19 12:34|| Front Page Top

#7 This is not the same guy who claims that Germans need Arab DNA, is it?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-06-19 16:27|| 2016-06-19 16:27|| Front Page Top

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