DW: German arms export freeze on Saudi Arabia extended
Germany has extended its arms export moratorium on Saudi Arabia by 6 months. If parliament agrees, cabinet also plans to extend a Bundeswehr training mission in Iraq and reconnaissance flights tracking IS in Syria.
Germany's freeze on arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia begun last October andformalized in March would remain in place until March 2020, a German government spokesman announced Wednesday.
The ban — prompted by the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi — had been questioned within Chancellor Angela Merkel's own party following the mystery drone strikes on Saudi oil installations, which the US and Saudi Arabia blame on Iran or its allies.
But Merkel on Tuesday had said that she saw "no conditions, at the moment, for a changed stance" on the German government's side, signaling that the moratorium should be extended beyond its initial expiration date of September 30th.
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WNU Editor: I do not understand the German government. On the one hand the German government condemns Saudi Arabia for the Khashoggi murder and imposes sanctions But on the other hand, even when German intelligence make it known that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons .... German intel: Iran sought to acquire mass destruction weapons in 2018 (Jerusalem Post), the German foreign minister is pushing the U.S. for talks with Iran .... Germany urges US to talk with Iran (DW).
4 comments:
Let me help you there! -The US is schizophrenic these days. It slaps sanctions on EU nations, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and others, while getting into bed with Russia by weakening our own foreign policy. It helps Russia immensely by gutting our military alliances and waging diplomatic war against the our allies- . There, that better sums it up!
So...anon 8:23PM
Let me ask you about these sanctions of the US. Aren't they only if trade with the Iranians is involved? No one gets sanctioned if a country trades with Tunisia, say or Mexico, etc.? There are I don't know how many countries on this planet and they are not sanctioned unless they trade with the lovely Iranian government, right?
Please straighten me out if I'm incorrect. There certainly is a bunch of these actions by us.
Sorry anon, I forgot to ask you about the gutted military alliances.
I didn't realize this. Please inform.
"while getting into bed with Russia by weakening our own foreign policy. It helps Russia immensely by gutting our military alliances and waging diplomatic war against the our allies"
Straight forward bald face lie
Trump called out Germany leaders for shirking. German leaders have gutted their own military.
German leaders like the communist Merkel needed to starve the German military of funding to fund her open borders policy. Germany has an air force that cannot fly, a navy that cannot sail, and an army that trains with broom sticks.
It is apparent to to all honest people that Germany weakened our military alliance not Trump. Trump merely pointed it out.
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