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While I agree that Germany can and should do more, it is worth pointing out that France, Spain, and Italy are all contributing less than Germany. And Switzerland's level of aid is frankly appalling (too much money to be made in laundering Russian money apparently).

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-s...

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Plus, I don't get it why everybody thinks that it was Germany's, or any other single NATo countries, decision what ang how much aid Ukraine was getting when. First was a bunch former Warsaw pact gear, then NATO decided to send top notch hardware, namely Abrams Leopard and Challenger 2s.

So far, the whole miltary NATO aid for Ukraine, which started years before the actual invasion, seems to work out rather well.

Nothing of that has anything to do with layoffs, that economic crisis was bound to happen after COVID and decades of free money.

True. They also have smaller economies and are arguably less responsible for Russia's strengthening. They are also less vulnerable in case of military escalation.

Don't pay heed to the commenter above you. They have been guilt tripping Germany since decades. Germany would have been better off if it had kept it's own interest first, by drawing redlines around American intentions of taking out nordstream.

And I'm not even German, rather an American. But I do keep my eyes and mind open and realize what's going on. Why don't Germans do the same? Hard to think this is the civilization of great thinkers.

You use English the way only a German ever does. Better not to lie at all than to prove so incompetent in the attempt.

What do I gain by lying? I could say I'm a german who stands against American Imperialism, and it would only make my argument stronger.

What do you gain by lying?

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