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Merkel now says Poland and the Baltics caused Putin’s war — not the pipelines she built or the billions she paid him.

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2/ Merkel bankrolled Putin’s regime, built Nord Stream, and tied Europe to Russian gas.

Now she blames Poland, the Baltics — even COVID — for the war she helped make possible.

Only in this twisted timeline does the arsonist blame the people who smelled smoke first

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3/ Merkel didn’t stop Putin — she empowered him.

She called it “partnership” while he invaded neighbors.

Now she’s blaming Poland, the Baltics — and even COVID — for
Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

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4/ 🗣“I wanted to create a new format in which the EU would negotiate directly w/ Putin. However, some countries did not support this — especially the Baltic states & Poland. They were afraid that we would not be able to develop a unified policy towards Russia,”

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5/ 🗣 "My opinion was that a common strategy was necessary. But that never happened. Then I left office and the war began... Because of quarantine, EU leaders couldn’t meet Putin in person & find compromises.”

She even blames the COVID — for the full-scale invasion

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6/ Merkel told a 🇭🇺 channel she wanted new EU–Putin talks in 2021 — but 🇵🇱 & the 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 Baltics “blocked” it.

The backlash was immediate:
🗣Estonia’s Marko Mihkelson: “Her words cast a shadow over her entire tenure.”
🗣Morawiecki: “She’s done huge harm to Europe,”

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7/ Even BILD called out Merkel’s revisionism. Russia’s war never stopped — over 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded in Donbas between 2015–2021, the very years she calls “calm.”

That “peace” was built on blood — while Europe grew addicted to Russian gas

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8/ Even Merz admits 🇷🇺 is probing 🇩🇪 skies w/ drones — the monster they fed is turning on them.

🗣“So far, no armed drones — only espionage attempts and efforts to alarm the population.”

They enabled Putin for years. Now he’s attacking Europe — including 🇩🇪 itself

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9/ The ones who shouted warnings are not to blame.
The ones who fed the monster are.

History won’t remember the cautious.
It will remember the enablers who fueled the war — and now try to rewrite the story after the fire started.

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10/ This is what Merkel’s “partnership” built: Russian missiles turning Ukrainian cities into infernos — children, homes, lives reduced to ash.

Europe’s greatest mistake wasn’t ignoring Putin. It was trusting the people who empowered him.