But that doesnt mean that just because thats the way they were in the seventys and eightys doesnt mean that thats the way theyre always going to be. They are now openly saying that we need to prepare for a conflict with russia or show that we need to prepare for a conflict with russia. And again, no one pays any attention to this. And theres a whole talking about europe must unite against russia and europe. And i under jo menosis is the biggest, the strongest power in europe. I see, you know, that thats the rub. Martin, i was, that was the question i was going to be as he usually does here, very quickly because the way the shields fox and other german officials, i sometimes wonder where germany begins and you and vice versa. And then again, i was putting up claiming that germany will spend 1000000000 euro on rearmament the 20th century. Wasnt that long ago martin go . Yeah, yeah, i mean, actually im going to sort of closer to the when i, i dont think 100000000 to 100 years is that much
Lose. Ah [000 00 00;00] a hello and welcome to cross talk. Were all things are considered. Im peter a little during the cold war. Washington policy on europe was to keep the russians out. The americans in the germans down, in many respects the same policy. We made some play today with the germans. Now they have some different ideas. And how is that isolating russia plan going . Ah, discuss these issues and more. Im joined by my guess, martin j america. Hes an Award Winning journalist, and commentator. And in budapest we have George Samuel lee. Hes a podcast or at the gaggle which can be found on youtube and locals originally across stock rules. In fact, i mean, you can jump any time you want, and i would appreciate it. I. Lets start out with george in budapest because its quite interesting to me, georgia because of the situation in ukraine. The hall german question has arisen again. Ok. And so if i count the decade, this is a 100 year plus from the german question. The germans are not
It comes to their own military and the real worry, real paranoia, i mean, george really made me love the talked about hysteria. I worked for gym and she knew 10 years. I know about germany, syria, to get me started on that. The real hysteria is there isnt, there is no, no, there are no good final outcomes for germany in ukraine war. Because theyll warrant that putin is, will look for some on to blame if things get worse. And what germany is trying to do is contribute to the ukrainian efforts would not be a big player. So thats why they just recently held back sending big guns which ukraines are really pissed off about. Theyre also dragging their feet about circle leper tanks, which may or may not materialize. You know, jenny does not want to be identified as the key deal breaker in the conflict because it is afraid that russia will hit germany. And this is what part of this is designed to invent a corporal shoots you. Youre making massage and i think youve given great credit, co shoot,
Themselves. They are, they want to expand the European Union no matter what comes out of the chance or is office of a Sergeant Schultz. Somebodys got some gripe with it. Its really quite interesting. And i dont think its gotten nearly enough coverage that exerts your thoughts really. All right, peter, and whats really troubling is the mounting hysteria in germany because this is a country that obviously is a very talented country. But its prone to hysteria, was prone to hysteria about russia in particular before. Well, one of the, again, robot, russia before world war 2 is something of the saw is re emerging today with Sergeant Schultz as you want it. On the other day, he went to the book fair, and he told them that as the most popular nation with a great this economic power is a country in the middle of a continent, our army must become the cornerstone of defense in europe. We paid much attention to this. Germany will be the key military power in europe, largely because, you know, the