Merkel says Poland and Baltics' heistancy to engage with Russia contributed to the invasion of Ukraine (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by TwinkleToes@lemmy.ca to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Logically, not sure why those countries would be obliged to indulge a corrosive terrorist empire that has never stopped trying to conquer them. But - sure. The degree to which European "leaders" have been clearly corrupted and bribed by the FSB over the last century is just mind-boggling.

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[-] christianhawkins@feddit.org 36 points 4 days ago

And Merkel bears no fault in this I suppose?

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 days ago

Oh my god Merkel. Shut the fuck up. You literally fucking created this situation by digging your heels in back in 2014 and refusing to support or endorse anything more meaningful than a slap on the wrist.

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 21 points 4 days ago

coming from people who made nordstream a thing due to this mistake of a policy

at least it's not schroeder saying that

[-] TwinkleToes@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

Schroder is a little more DGAF about his blatant on-the-take corruption. Merkel tries to at least appear as a politican with German interests in her heart.

[-] trajekolus@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Yes, he is very corrupt and treasonous, whereas she was naive with Putin and now tries to protect her legacy. If protecting her legacy is what she's now trying to do, it is very not working