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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed respect for Israel's attack on Iran, calling it a service to Western allies.

"This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us," Merz said Tuesday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada in an interview with German broadcaster ZDF.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You gotta love these mask off moments when they just come out and say what it's all about.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

It is not a repetition of what we are constantly hearing around us, but the plain class truth uttered by the class enemy.

back-to-me

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, please let Israel be the new Ukraine endlessly throwing Zionists into the meat grinder only to lose terribly.

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

War is all about material. I don’t foresee Iran having the raw material economy for an extended war in the same way Russia does in ukraine.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

True. I would hope allies would support materially but they probably won't.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Didn't German make up am excuse early on that they can't support Ukraine because it was at war now?

Israel never faces such obstacles no matter what it does.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Israel is very efficient at stirring shit up in a region where shit not being stirred up means an economic structure emerging changing the old balance of power.

Which means good changes similar to those during the Cold War to counter Soviet propaganda, except those good changes are bad changes for any kind of elites. Dealing with USSR the same way as with Iran now wasn't quite on the menu, so those changes did happen.

It's unfortunate, because it's not as simple a choice for Israelis as it would seem. If they don't play the shit stirring game, someone else will - Turkey or Egypt or some monarchy. And that would probably mean Israel's destruction.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, Germany has two very notable and frustrating geopolitical blind spots around Israel and Russia.

Like, I get it, but at the same time, all of the regimes in question have changed COMPLETELY from the 1940s, and giving former enemies - and countries that grew out of a population you genocided - carte blanche because you feel guilty about the past is just… woefully, horrifyingly reductive and shortsighted.

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh I don’t think German politicians necessarily like Isreal I think everybody who isn’t a complete moron or paid shill knows what they’re doing is wrong, they’re just to scared of them to do anything with out big daddy USA backing them up.

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Germany is fully supporting Ukraine and training their fascist battalions. Once Ukraine is defeated I’m really looking forward to all those angry freaks leaving and coming to Europe. What could go wrong?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do prefer a man of the people like V. V. Putin?

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

What? No he’s a bourgeois politician as well why would I like him?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You repeated his talking points. Emulating somebody is a sign of affinity

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Want to know another position I had at the beginning of the war? All soldiers on both sides should abandon all fronts, but guess what, no bourgeois politician would ever utter a phrase like that because to them you’re just a soldier or an economic unit they don’t care about you or your country. What they care about is the money they can extract from you and currently it’s just two sides fighting over who has that privilege.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yes both sides it’s funny because after I started saying this you could see the propaganda machines on both sides trying to counter that narrative. Anyways I hope you’re getting paid to post propaganda because doing it for free is kinda lame. Also Putin fucking hates me fyi.

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Lol nope my original thoughts I had week one of the war. Anyways your buddy already showed his true colours. Your world view is just as bad and dangerous as Putins, what’s hilarious is you and Putin share the same hyper nationalist world view the CIA just managed to trick you idiots into fighting against each other. Putins the fish you’re the bait and the USA is chilling on the beach holding the fishing rod and smoking a cigar.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wow nice rebuttal! I can tell you’re a deep thinker.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Huh. Saying the quiet part out loud…? “Never again” only covers Jewish people, I guess. Thinning out the brown people population? Go ham.

What a time to be alive :(