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2025-06-18 Europe

First in line: Germany fears retaliatory strikes from Iran

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Posted by badanov 2025-06-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [204 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 Germany’s Merz threatens destruction of Iran’s nuclear program if it bucks talks

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-18 03:02|| 2025-06-18 03:02|| Front Page Top

#2 This probably began when then German FM Genscher started his hare-brained diplomatic outreach to Iran in 1984.

The Mullah's correctly interpreted diplomacy and dialogue as weakness and subjected Germany to unprecedented exploratory aggression that set the stage for Iranian aggression against the West in general.

Moreover, the Iranian political emigrants in Germany are, for the most part, well-educated and intelligent people, and therefore little inclined to spontaneous street violence.

So intelligent and well educated that an Iranian born individual was permitted accession to the highest leadership level in Germany's domestic surveillance agency. (link in German)

This political paradigm might be about to change though.

Weather vane Merz did publicly say that Israel taking out Iran is "... the dirty work that Israel does for all of us.” (»Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht für uns alle«)

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-06-18 05:21|| 2025-06-18 05:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Israel taking out Iran is "... the dirty work that Israel does for all of us.” (»Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht für uns alle«)

In many cultures garbage collectors are untouchables, in others merely despised as low caste. Chancellor Merz has previously made his opinion on Israel crystal clear.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-18 09:52|| 2025-06-18 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 (link in English)

Felor Badenberg, born Haghighi-Niat (* 1. May 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is one German Administrative lawyer and politician (CDU). She has been since April 2023 Berlin Senator for Justice and Consumer Protection in Senate Wegner. Before that she was with Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( BfV ), most recently as its Vice President. She is also a lecturer at the University of Cologne.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-18 11:37|| 2025-06-18 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 @3 "Drecksarbeit" isn't garbage collection, and Merz' statement isn't pejorative.

It it an idiomatic expression that describes unpleasant, thankless and perhaps low paid work that is nonetheless necessary.

He basically says that Israel is doing this work for "our" benefit.

Merz has so far been a spineless weather vane, though. I expect him to take back this praise of Israel and apologize soon.

It would be a pleasant surprise if he doesn't.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-06-18 11:55|| 2025-06-18 11:55|| Front Page Top

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