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Germany announces new defense aid for Ukraine worth $1.1 bln
(www.reuters.com)
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Still now Taurus missles, spineless cowards.
I don't know how intensively you followed the news, but regarding the Taurus rejection, there was also a big reveal regarding the French and British cruise missiles: It's those two countries themselves who deliver the target coordinates and they have people in Ukraine programming the cruise missile targets before launch. I don't think this was ever mentioned before, when the topic was the SCALP/Storm Shadow. But that's seems to be the problem that Germany cannot legally follow.
Translated with DeepL (https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/news-des-tages-olaf-scholz-und-taurus-marschflugkoerper-angriffssoftware-predator-afd-chef-tino-chrupalla-a-a57b3057-f182-4b4e-ab3a-ad550d52348f):
"According to the report, Great Britain and France directly contribute the geodata for the attack targets themselves and are also involved with their own personnel."
"Literally, the chancellor told the committee that other nations could do something "that we are not allowed to do." Many deputies understood from the implication that Scholz was referring to needed German help in programming the weapons systems. London and Paris, he said, were much more relaxed on this issue."
Interessting. However reading the original article doesn't say anything about a legal issue.
The chancellor basically says that "we're not allowed" to provide direct offensive assistence because of our duty to German history.
If we WANTED to do it - we would do it. Scholz is just fishing for excuses that don’t make him look bad.
Example: If Germany goes to war (which by law would only allow a defensive war or since a Supreme Court ruling also UN or NATO wars) our Grundgesetz demands that all elections are suspended until the war is over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_defence#Extended_electoral_terms
So have you ever heard of suspended elections because of German war participation somewhere on our world? No? That’s because the wars Germany participated in were being reframed. You can find all wars here (only German):
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auslandseinsätze_der_Bundeswehr
If we really WANT to do it, not even our constitution can stop us.