Posted on 03/08/2015 11:29:06 AM PDT by Lorianne
It was quiet in eastern Ukraine last Wednesday. Indeed, it was another quiet day in an extended stretch of relative calm. The battles between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists had largely stopped and heavy weaponry was being withdrawn. The Minsk cease-fire wasn't holding perfectly, but it was holding.
On that same day, General Philip Breedlove, the top NATO commander in Europe, stepped before the press in Washington. Putin, the 59-year-old said, had once again "upped the ante" in eastern Ukraine -- with "well over a thousand combat vehicles, Russian combat forces, some of their most sophisticated air defense, battalions of artillery" having been sent to the Donbass. "What is clear," Breedlove said, "is that right now, it is not getting better. It is getting worse every day."
German leaders in Berlin were stunned. They didn't understand what Breedlove was talking about. And it wasn't the first time. Once again, the German government, supported by intelligence gathered by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany's foreign intelligence agency, did not share the view of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR).
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Are the Germans getting ready to sign another treaty with Russia?! ... LOL ...
The Germans are sick of this crap, and want it OVER.
The sanctions are harming their economy, coming and going, while the rest of Europe sees Germany as the big piggybank to pay for all of their social programs.
Ukraine under Russian control qualifies as OVER, right.
The United States lost its credibility on Ukraine when it failed to stop or condemn the overthrow of the democratically elected President, and its been down hill since then.
To settle this vexing Ukraine problem, the Germans are willing to cede the Russians half of Poland - but no more!
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