1/ Posting same video shared by @andersostlund earlier. Worth watching. The @CDU spox is very good. But even the @spdde spox sounds quite reasonable. However I fully disagree on the logic of not delivering weapons...
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2/ ...the reasoning (or pretext) now given by @spdde is that GER shouldn't deliver weapons because it is a facilitator in negotiations. Well at least there's no longer a clumsy argument about history. Nonetheless the new argument is poor logic...
3/ ...delivering weapons to #Ukraine would strengthen GER credibility and put Moscow on the backfoot - if even SPD types give weapons, that means #Kremlin has gone too far. Also, @spdde argues that GER is helping UA in other ways, esp economically...
4/ ...this is true, but then isn't that being less impartial? And what about GER business w RUS, maybe it should be shut down to enhance the appearance of impartiality? So, the argument about not delivering weapons to be a more impartial negotiator falls apart, in my view...
5/ ...which means we're back to the initial problem, which is an institutional blockage inside the @spdde. It would be a sensational step forward for the decency of that organisation if it could overcome its posture on weapons deliveries to a victim of aggression. END
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