German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's interview with a right-wing US talk show host. During a visit to the US capital on Friday, Scholz said that it was an interview "that honestly only mocks what real actions have been done by Russia in Ukraine and tells a completely absurd story about the cause of this war." But "there is a very clear cause," Scholz stressed, namely the Kremlin leader's desire to annex part of Ukraine. "And all the stories that
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Honestly I would expect that Germany’s history is a reason that current German leadership would be inclined to back Israel even when it isn’t a good move. The Jews weren’t the only victims of the Holocaust, but they were the best known, and Germany wants to be seen supporting Jewish people today because it does not want to be the Germany of old. That doesn’t make it right to back Israel’s actions in Gaza, but it has reasoning to it
German history is the cause but not for the reason you say. Germany is just following America’s lead in supporting Israel because ever since their defeat in WW2 West Germany and now Germany have been American vassal states. Germany has the highest concentration of American foreign military bases out of all countries.
Comparing things to the Holocaust never helped anyone to gather more support for their cause. Especially in Germany. So good luck with that.