Thread by @AKaszon

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD There are things that the AfD doesn't understand. The claim that we have no interests in the Indo-Pacific is one of many excamples and i want to explain why👇!

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Our model of prosperity is due to good education, cheap raw materials, secure trade routes and our good trade relations with rival powers, including the USA, China and Russia.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD The biggest threat to our prosperity currently comes not from Russia, but from China. The Russians will not want to take on NATO in the foreseeable future, as the Russians have lacked the manpower to do so since the conflict in Ukraine.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD The Russians converted their economy to a war economy and of course this needs to be monitored further, but the real danger also comes from China, since in the event of a conflict in the Indo-Pacific not a single ship would sail

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD and even trade with countries not involved in the war would come to an almost complete standstill.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD The German economy would be brought to its knees within weeks if the sea routes were blocked. There would be another global financial crisis, which would also drag the markets in the USA into the abyss.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Foreign policy is always a balancing of risks and that's why our government shouldn't invest all the Special Fund's money in tanks for an unlikely land war with Russia.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD but rather produce more anti-ship weapons and submarines that we could deliver to Taiwan in the case of an emergency.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD We are currently being watched like a hawk from China to see how many anti-ship weapons we could deliver to Taiwan in an emergency, including the Taurus.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD I still believe in change through trade, but this can only happen if our trading partners respect us for our determination and military strength so that they don't get stupid ideas.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Turkey is also a very important geopolitical partner, which is why leniency is being shown to Mr. Erdogan.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD There are not very many democracies in our world. The democratic countries must stick together and we will have to continue trading with autocracies, otherwise sales would collapse.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Sentences like that we are supposedly vasalls of the USA trigger me. The USA is our partner and we must learn to define and communicate our interests. Here's an example 👇

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Libya was once our external border in Africa. Dictator Gaddafi was promised investments worth billions if he held back the refugees and agreed to a disarmament agreement.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Shortly after Libya fulfilled its commitments and disarmed its military, a no-fly zone was imposed at the behest of France and Mr. Gaddafi was impaled on an iron rod.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD This was certainly not in Germany's interest and should have been communicated as such, since dictator Gaddafi could not be replaced by anyone and his death plunged the country into a never-ending civil war.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD Now our country is flooded with refugees. Without the help of the Democrats from the USA, France would not have been able to do this.

@GailAlfarATX @elonmusk @AfD So the entire trust of the Muslim world in the West was destroyed with the help of Mr. Obama

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