Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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I can see France's new attitude of pushing red lines further away bully Germany into delivering Taurus. That way the cowardly SPD can claim that they are only giving long range missiles when more than half of Europe is already talking about sending troops to Ukraine. Because that's the German song and dance; they'll say "no" up until the very last moment, then pat themselves on the back for making a very considerate decision that doesn't escalate the war and keeps Germany safe.

As for Russia being a threat to Germany, it's cowardly thinking. I mean, it should be clear to everyone that if Russia fired any sort of missile on German territory, the stakes in Ukraine would immediately rise tremendously to Russia's disadvantage. For example, Ukraine would be given green light to fire any type of weapon on military targets on Russian soil, because suddenly the war's situation would be about protecting lives that matter. Yes, I am saying this cynically, but you all know it's true. Necessary weapons have been withheld from Ukraine at many steps along the way, as if this was just a game to the West's politicians. Their messed up thinking of "we can't allow Russia to win this war" has got us to this point where the UA has to retreat due to a shortage of ammo. It's well past time that the West flips the switch to "Russia must lose this war", because otherwise the only two outcomes are that either the war drags on for many more years or Russia ultimately wins.

German news media is guessing in their analyses that Macron is only fired up because of the upcoming EU elections, and yes, it might actually be the case that French voters are more important than Ukrainian lives. But even as low as this is, it's still better than the German way of staying course and taking the heavy losses for the social democrats because of cowardice. For those who don't know - probably all of you because why would it be important for you - the German SPD won the German national election in 2021 with a good 26% of the votes and is currently hovering around 15% in polls. I suppose they are content with this, because they know that the conservatives (CDU, risen to above 30% in polls) prefer them as junior partner for a coalition over the Greens. Hence no decisive efforts from them regardless of the topic.