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WanderingPickles t1_j4y3dik wrote

So…. Germany won’t let the owners of equipment they sold send it, but they want the US to directly send it…

Way to go Berlin. It’s spinelessness like that which will preserve democracy and the rule of law.

Haven’t they seen all the other equipment the US has provided? Many many times what Germany has done. Fuck that noise.

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Avangelice t1_j4y617x wrote

You give too much credit to the German government who have shut down nuclear plants only to destroy a village that sits on lignite which is the dirtiest form of coal.

Yeah intelligence is the alien to the German government.

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Venetax t1_j4yvzif wrote

Our german government is in a horrible state right now, tons of unqualified people on positions that require qualified people in these times. But the issue with the shutdown of the nuclear plants wasn't the german government to be fair. It was a very clear order of the citizens after tons and tons of protests. Well... people are stupid I guess

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DodgerGreywing t1_j5183cm wrote

>Well... people are stupid I guess

People fear nuclear power because of a small number of worst cases.

The freak occurrences at Windscale, Chernobyl, Three-Mile Island, and Fukushima occurred over a 60-year span, but are held up as representative of nuclear power.

But no one looks at the lasting damage coal mining has done over the years. The towns where children constantly inhale fly ash, or end up buried under a landslide of coal refuse. Where the mining debris seeps into the water table. Where the miners develop chronic lung diseases.

It was stupid and short-sighted to shut down the nuclear power plants.

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Claystead t1_j589dzs wrote

Who fears nuclear power in the 21st century? German environmentalists are wilding, seems they are trapped in the Chernobyl era.

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jens-2420 t1_j4z809i wrote

You are clearly uncomfortable with your own life. Do not make that a „German“ thing.

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jens-2420 t1_j4z7szz wrote

Bash. You read right wing news and build up an enemy. Pathetic.

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Ynwe t1_j4yyzgh wrote

This article is actually pretty poorly written. It only concerns German stock. Other nations are welcome to send their tanks, but none have applied for an export permit, see comments from Habeck.

Basically every country besides the UK but including the US hs the same position where they are welcoming other nations to send their own tanks.

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jens-2420 t1_j4z7y3s wrote

Germany could not send special ammunition to Ukraine as Switzerland did not permit it.

Every arms producer has these contracts.

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Material_Strawberry t1_j4yfgoq wrote

The US doesn't allow most up-to-date weapons systems they control to be sold or sent to others without permission either. It's standard.

Germany is it will approve the transfer of Leopards if the US transfers some of its tanks as well.

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