German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came up with another explanation for not providing German Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
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He said that Germany must maintain control over the deployment of long-range Taurus missiles in Ukraine, which is only possible with the presence of German soldiers on Ukrainian territory, so the transfer of such weapons is impossible.
Germany has become the largest arms donor to Ukraine after the United States, but the German Chancellor refuses to approve the provision of cruise missiles, although the UK and France have long supplied Ukraine with their Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles.
The reason for this decision was explained by the German media.
Scholz begins his election campaign. He is positioning himself as a “chancellor of peace”, choosing the path of Gerhard Schröder, and this is harming Ukraine and Europe, wrote BILD editor-in-chief Robert Schneider.
To increase the ratings of his SPD party, Scholz is trying to avoid sharp corners, and this is what explains his consistent reluctance to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles.
Social Democrat Ralf Stegner even directly stated that “under a different chancellor, we would probably have been a party to the conflict long ago.” The politician recalled that in 2002, SPD Chancellor Gerhard Schröder rejected the participation of the Bundeswehr in the war in Iraq. And then it increased his rating.
The editor-in-chief of BILD believes that Scholz adopted the same tactics. The journalist calls him a “fake chancellor of peace,” noting that only pressure on Russia can end the war in Ukraine. Schneider is confident that Taurus deliveries “will really make an impression on the Russians, as evidenced by the publication of the wiretaps of German officers.” He adds that “no one is demanding soldiers from Germany, so this is a cheap chancellorship of peace.”
During the decades of brutal bloc confrontation after 1945, the most reliable deterrence prevented another war in Europe and allowed West Berlin to survive. But we never made any impression on Putin. On the contrary, he should only be pleased that the West is publicly divided on the issue of further assistance to Ukraine.
The Moscow dictator can be stopped only when he is afraid of losing the war and, as a result, getting rid of power in Russia. Only then will he be ready to give up. The policy of appeasement, calm and lifeless military support for Ukraine, on the contrary, only inspires him.
And Vladimir Zelensky in Kyiv has to fear World Chancellor Olaf Scholz more than Putin in Moscow, writes Schneider.
Source: Racurs
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