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And yet she didn't bother to take his words seriously and maybe consider whether de facto backing russia (e.g. thinking moving forward with Nord Stream 2 after the annexation of Crimea was a good idea).
I see where you are coming from, but I think this is not comparable.
Imagine if russia invaded Germany. Took over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (renaming it to Putlergrad oblast), banned German and forced everyone to speak russian and get russian citizenship. In the mean-time Ukraine and Poland would build a pipeline to the newly annexed Putlergrad oblast. How would you feel then?
So you would be OK with Ukraine and Poland building a Russian pipeline if didn't go directly to the newly annexed Putlergrad oblast? If the pipeline went to Austria or Czechia following the annexation of Putlergrad oblast, would this fundamentally change how you would view Ukraine/Poland's involvement in the construction of the said pipeline?
I am not necessarily arguing you're wrong or trying to convince you of anything. I am just trying to show you how it looks from the other side.
No I don't support torturing russian POWs. I agree with you that bombing NS was a bad idea. I disagree with you that it was "EU infrastructure", it was owned by the russians I believe and Germany explicitly told other EU members to "bugger off" with their concerns.
What bothers me is your moralizing attitude. The last two German leader were some of the biggest enablers of russian genocidal imperialism in the last ~30 years. There is nothing to discuss with Schroeder. Merkel as a bit sneaky. Nominally she said she opposed it, but all her actions de facto always supported russian imperialism.
And then you come along saying "Poland and Ukraine" shouldn't be in the EU because they don't uphold moral standards. You don't see how this could be seen as hypocritical!?
Did I not say bombing NS was a mistake?
I am just pointing out you have no right to pretend to be noble when you're own leadership de defacto supported and enabled russian imperialism.
What exactly do you want me to say?
Because you were saying that "Poland and Ukraine are not ready for EU", yet you don't take the same maximalist, hyper critical attitude to the Germany leadership.
This is not an act of war and no one sees it this way.
An act of war is ballistic missiles falling on your cities and tanks rolling in. It's honestly pathetic of you to trivialize this.
You probably recognize this on same level, but you see too self-absorbed to be willing to publicly admit this.
You should stick to ruminations about how "Poles and Ukrainian are unfit" and "they are like the russians, anyway!" I think we will both agree that this is a good reflection of your character.
I am done here.