The "Putinversteher" mentality of Germany's political and economic elite towards Ukraine

 

The political world now anxiously waits as the frenzied diplomacy of the West continues to push against Putin's war manouvres that threatens to engulf Europe, and critical countries beyond Europe, in a conflagration that is simply unthinkable.

Putin is not only holding a gun to the head of Ukraine, he is also holding a gun to the universal law that the current borders of each country in the world is inviolable. 

No matter how you slice or dice it, this international law was trampled upon by Putin in 2014 when he invaded, and subsequently annexed into the Russian Federation, Ukraine's Crimea.

In the words of Professor John Blaxland (Australian National University) (right),

" A lot of grumblings amongst some of his erstwhile supporters who are starting to worry about him [Putin] maybe losing the plot here ...(Full Video: Youtube 24 January 2022) 

And yet ..... And yet .....

As reported by Patrick Wintour (left),

"Can the western alliance against Russia over its buildup of troops on the Ukrainian border hold together? It is a question that politicians and diplomats are increasingly grappling with amid fears that Germany and, to a lesser extent, France are in danger of dividing from the US and the UK, not only over how to respond to any future Russian act of aggression in Ukraine, but also in their assessment of the imminence of the threat. (The Guardian : Wednesday 26 January 2022) (my emphasis)

Now Germany is adamant that it will NOT supply Ukraine with defensive weaponry against the might of Putin's army which is waiting to ONCE AGAIN violate the borders of Ukraine.

This is the same Germany who,

"Germany is the world’s fourth largest exporter of weapons, selling state-of-the-art arms worth billions of dollars to countries with questionable human rights records such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia without batting an eye.

Yet Nato’s second largest country has turned a deaf ear to increasingly urgent requests from Ukraine for defensive weapons even though most other nations in the north Atlantic alliance are rushing material to the threatened eastern Europe country, which is braced for a possible attack from its powerful neighbour Russia. 

There is bewilderment – and criticism – from Ukraine and its allies over Germany’s stance to requests from Kiev for arms, but Berlin is standing firm, reports Erik Kirschbaum" (Erik Kirschbaum (right): The Independent : 26 January 2022) (my emphasis)

What, therefore, can we expect from Germany (... and France) when Putin unleashes his 'dogs of war'.

As further reported by Patrick Wintour,

"Although Merkel’s response to the invasion of Ukraine in 2014 was firm, Steinmeier (left), sure that the SPD understood Russia better than Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party, went to Moscow and proposed an economic partnership with Russia. At the same time, three former chancellors of Germany – Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder and Helmut Kohl – all warned Merkel not to isolate Moscow. Within a week of the invasion, the chief executive of Siemens was in Moscow. As the diplomatic situation worsened, a group of senior German former officials and politicians sent an emotional letter calling for a return to the policy of detente." (ibid Patrick Wintour)

I am somewhat reminded of that ABBA song, "Money Money Money", which rather aptly sums up the Putin-German foundation upon which Germany's current political stance against supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons against Putin's threatening army on its borders is based.

The "Putinversteher" mentality of Germany's political and economic elite is now encouraging Putin to unleash his "Dogs of War" against Ukraine.

(to be continued)