Bled Dry News Today

well, my guest today is the influential chair of the german parliaments defence committee, marie—agnes strack—zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie—agnes strack—zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, its a pleasure to be here. lets start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putins invasion of ukraine, "zeitenwende". he promised it would be that word, a turning point ...

is the influential chair of the german parliaments defence committee, marie—agnes strack—zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie—agnes strack—zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, its a pleasure to be here. lets start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putins invasion of ukraine, "zeitenwende". he promised it would be that word, a turning point for germany and its s...

thats the focus of tonights "the angle." cutting losses. the goal we send is unobtainable or that the cost of achieving it is too high. instinctively we feel like ending something prematurely may be as a sign of weakness and then quitting is for losers. but especially in politics, the opposites often true. joe bidens president, there are sadly many areas where america needs to cut their losses. we need to cut our losses in ukraine. if you hadnt noticed, the ukrainians arent winning. ou...

Yes, yes, definitely we see it. its a really important word, but its, of course, not only a word, you need it in your mind. um, first of all, we have now the 100 billion euros for the bundeswehr. this is really important, more money for our army. we are looking for it for years. you said not so long ago that the german army has been bled dry. so now its the right direction. but thats an extraordinary thing for you to say. how could germany allow its military machine to become useless? yeah, its....