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Probably not directly invading, but there was a strong possibility of Germany supporting the Russian invasion, just as they're doing with the invasion of Iran.

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There was absolutely no possibility for Germany supporting the Russian invasion.

Well I mean they already did support the invasion for a while by buying their gas.

A strong possibility? Where do you get your news from?

I think what grandparent is very very fucking poorly trying to say is, Germany/EU could've accepted the "annexation" of Ukraine like it did Crimea in 2014. "Bad Putin! But what can we do."

They could've even sold weapons to Russia. There wouldn't have ever been German soldiers in Ukraine though.

Germany is in no position to go against the USA's geopolitical interests. Sure, they do trade shenanigans sometimes, like with Russian gas, but the relationship with Russia was pretty good before Putin decided to hold power endlessly - he even gave a speech (in German) in the parliament. But in the end of the day, those times are over; only extremist parties are pro-Russian, and Germany still has the 2nd largest US Army presence, including 15-20 US nuclear bombs parked here. It's unthinkable that any government here would go against "Western" interests and support Russia.

The USA is currently supporting Russia more than Ukraine, and Germany is disobeying.

But which USA are you talking about? Currently it is ruled by such an extremist party where some members declared love for Putin (and others are cowardly just "following orders" because they like their power and paycheck).

The former Warsaw Pact countries are aware capitulating to Putin would mean they're next, so they're vocal against EU surrender. Further, if East Europe gets threatened, West Europe knows it'll have a mother of a refugee crisis - even if Ukraine falls they'll have one.

Anyway, that's all to say currently USA's geopolitical interest seems to be "Trump Tower Moscow", and Germany is not going to go along with that.

That was never considered by anyone in German politics. It's the first time I'm hearing about this here in these posts.

People don't seem to understand hypotheticals. Of course it was never considered by anyone. There was no possibility anyone sane would consider it.

However we can still discuss what would have happened if they did.

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