Changing her tune?
Is Germany changing their attitude on Georgia
Der Spiegel is noticing a change in Germany’s relationship with Georgia in light of the Russian invasion last month. Never a warm ally of Georgia and not a fan of NATO membership, it now seems the Russian’s have overplayed their hand such that Angela Merkel is now being forced closer to Georgia whereas she was once Russia’s best contact in Europe
The Russians had won the short war and were now rolling their tanks through the Georgian heartland. Merkel watched the TV with dismay as Russians looted and did everything they could to destabilize the country.
Her attitude changed. It was no longer dominated by annoyance over Saakashvili. Now she was enraged at the highhandedness of the Russians. It seemed to her that they wanted to oust the Georgian president from office. Merkel is extremely sensitive to the issue of regime change. She knows how long and difficult it was to bring democracy to Eastern Europe. Merkel sees Saakashvili, for all his faults, as a democratically elected, legitimate president. Georgia became for the chancellor a country that has to be helped.
Nevertheless, she remained skeptical when she flew to Tbilisi. She spoke with Saakashvili, and something must have happened during their two-hour meeting because, afterwards, Merkel gave a press conference that made headlines around the world.
Just another example of former Eastern Europeans (Merkel is from East Germany) being a bit more worried about the Russian’s actions than some in the West.
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Does this mean germany might allow into NATO my gosh russia might have just gone to for if a country thats second largest trade partner is russia and she is even considering a more aggressive approach toward russia
this might work toward americas favor hmmm….
Does this mean germany might allow into NATO my gosh russia might have just gone to for if a country thats second largest trade partner is russia and she is even considering a more aggressive approach toward russia
this might work toward americas favor hmmm….
Does this mean germany might allow into NATO my gosh russia might have just gone to for if a country thats second largest trade partner is russia and she is even considering a more aggressive approach toward russia
this might work toward americas favor hmmm….
Does this mean germany might allow into NATO my gosh russia might have just gone to for if a country thats second largest trade partner is russia and she is even considering a more aggressive approach toward russia
this might work toward americas favor hmmm….