Comments by "François Lechanceux" (@francoislechanceux5818) on "Steinmeier's visit to Kyiv 'not wanted' | DW News" video.

It's selfish of germany to enjoy NATO protection for 70 years and deny same to a vulnerable country sharing a common border with a malevolent bully such as russia
50
The worse was Germany's refusal for Ukraine to join NATO when russia could not have opposed it militarily. It's selfish of germany to enjoy NATO protection for 70 years and deny same to a vulnerable country sharing a common border with a malevolent bully such as russia
23
@jaikee9477 Yes. Germany did and did continue selling weapons to russia even after the annexation of Crimea. This was all over german media recently. Where are you from ?
22
Germany is so relaxed and laid back in this tragedy because NATO got its back. And this has been going on since some 70 years now and continuing. It can spit on Ukraine using its abject selfish policies and sleep well at night. Nothing can happen to it so it feels.
18
Left to Germany, Kiev would have fallen to russia. Thanks among other to the UK, the Ukrainian Capital is saved and in the solid arms of Ukrainians.
17
@marvin2678 It's selfish of germany to enjoy NATO protection for 70 years and deny same to a vulnerable country sharing a common border with a malevolent bully such as russia
6
@markus539 Germany help Ukraine ? NO. Unless under the auspices of the EU. Here Germany had no choice. More than 70 years enjoying NATO protection without lifting a finger or making any worthwhile contribution then turning around to deny same to a more vulnerable nation. Typical.
2
Many countries in the world massively buying russian oil and gas and providing russia billions for his war against Ukraine are justifying it with Germany continued buying of rusian gas and oil. India is one such country.
2
He will go to North Korea if Germany can make a few euros out of that country.
2
It's an indictment of German ways of seeing things that president Frank-Walter Steinmeier even envisaged going to Kiev and expecting to be welcomed like any other head of state. This reminds me of the hallucinating german proposal to send only 5000 helmets to Ukrainians and nothing else while russia had 200000 soldiers with tanks, jet fighters, artilleries etc... a few meters from the Ukraine's border. And I'm not talking about the german blunders since the last 15 years in its selfish and self-centered policies towards russia. Wonder, what the germans will now do with their Nord stream 2, they stubbornly persisted in building knowing its use will economically affect Ukraine and Poland among other thing.
1
@marvin2678 Are you serious ? It's because of Germany that half of Ukraine is destroyed today. Ukrainian cities devastated. With tens of thousands dead and 10 million Ukrainians in exile. How much money did Germany give as the so called second biggest money donator. If Germany did not refuse the entry of Ukraine into NATO in 2008 when russia could not have opposed it, Ukraine would not have been in the state it is in today in the first place. Germany preferred doing everything to appease Putin than taking into consideration the security and lives of 44M people. Notice that NO NATO country has ever been attacked by Putin. Only non-NATO members; Moldavia, Georgia, Ukraine....
1
@marvin2678 Ukraine is in Europe. It security should be every European nation's responsibility. Or they would be no real security in Europe.
1
Germany just over did it. At a point this level of blindness was frightening. I'm still bewildered. How about if these were not mistakes BUT a deliberate germano-russian strategy like in 1938 ?
1
@Alex-pj8nz Ukrainians are human beings in case you have not noticed that. And they deserve peace and security. They are a nation of 44 million people. They cannot and should not be a ''buffer'' to or for anybody or nation. Unless those people are gods and Ukrainians not humans as you implicitly want to say. A russian mindset since centuries that gave rise to Holodomor and this war.
1
@Red1Green2Blue3 Are you kidding ? Russia was offered everything and even much more than it deserves. No nation was offered as much as the West offered russia. But it took all and increased its hostilities. You have to understand that anti-westernism is the foundation on which putinism stands. Putin cannot afford a reconciliation with the West. If that were to happen, he will have no justification for all of his internal brutalities and to stay in power especially after 23 years and heading to 37 years in total. Sadly, all these tragedies are all about Putin not even about russia.
1
@epoh20 Can't compare the futilities you just cited with germans sucking up to Putin to apease him since some 20 years now. Looks like the germans are still fascinated by vicious inhuman dictators.
1
The last pile of mini arms supplied by Germany turned out to be DFFECTIVE. German media reported this. This is almost 2 most into the war and half of Ukraine destroyed
1
@Arcaryon That's a German narrative to justify their abject irresponsibility. The US and to a lesser extent the UK have been putting pressure on Germany to increase its military budget since....EISONHOWER. It was called burden-sharing. That was way before the minimal 2% of a country's GDP for her defense demand. In both cases Germany cunningly REFUSED. Thinking she was smart. Preferring to massively inject that money saved on defense on its economy, social security, infrastructure, foreign reserves, education, training, health etc... BTW, Britain is the one European nation that has NEVER been afraid of Germany's re-armament or UNIFICATION. France yes on both counts. Britain, No. I do not understand the presence of Churchill and De Gaulle in a comment about a situation in 2022, Arcaryonivich. You are a russian troll not a German or rather not an ethnic German from Germany.
1
@FAL87 No at all. On that memoranda there was no obligation for the UK much more than for russia. It was a collective stand to preserve Ukraine's sovereignty. The fact that it was one of the signatories that attacked Ukraine frees the UK from any obligation to help. If France and Germany sign a memoranda to guaranty Luxembourg's sovereignty, France is not obliged to help Luxembourg if the attacker is Germany the other signatory. At least not under the memoranda. Do you get me ? It was a JOINT commitment. Not an individual nation's commitment. And there was no Article 5bis in that memoranda. On the other hand, Germany is way way way geographically closer to Ukraine. This give it a GREATER responsibility over the security of Ukraine than say Canada, the US, Australia, the UK etc... And each of these nations did way way way more militarily for Ukraine than Germany did or is doing. Even Australia and Canada. Can you beat that ?. The Netherlands too has done and is doing way more than Germany. Meanwhile, Germany has provided russia with much more than 27 billion euros since the start of the vicious war in Europe against Ukraine. This level of irresponsibility from Germany is mind-boggling. Or is that the lingering fascination for vicious inhuman dictators by germans?
1
@bongaston2855 That's a lie. Given that the ENTIRE EU gave Ukraine about 1B euros, Germany part could not have been 1,2 billion. In between time, Germany has paid about 27 billion euros to russia, the aggressor and right in the middle of the war.
1
@bongaston2855 If Germany did not refuse the entry of Ukraine into NATO in 2008 when russia could not have opposed it, Ukraine would not have been in the state it is in today in the first place. Germany preferred doing everything to appease Putin rather than taking into consideration the security and lives of 44M people.
1
@amazingsupergirl7125 The latest pile of weapons sent to Ukraine by germany turned out to be defective according to the german media FAZ.
1
@mothratemporalradio517 Yes, I massively condemned France's weapons sell to russia and hailed France cancellation of the sell of warship to russia too. I do not know about this 44%. In 2008, russia hardly really opposed the admission of Ukraine into NATO. Germany sabotaged that and did all the heavy lifting for russia. Putin just smiled and 4 months later attacked Georgia, the other country Germany had rejected its admission into the NATO security umbrella. Can one be allowed to wonder wonder if Germany is a subtle danger to Europe's security ? Are Germans still overly fascinated by vicious dictators ? Putin has done the worst both internal in russia and externally, yet that has not bothered or moved the germans an inch. Quite the opposite.
1