Decades of under-investment in military has left region isolated in US-Russia negotiations, says Rheinmetall chief
  • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 days ago

    Continuing to act like petulant children isn’t exactly making a good case for why they should be allowed back at the adult table.

  • AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 days ago

    European nations have been left at the kids’ table in talks over the future of Ukraine because of decades of under-investment in defence, the chief of Germany’s largest defence contractor has warned.

    Armin Papperger, chief executive of Rheinmetall, said Europe had itself to blame for being sidelined from US President Donald Trump’s negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

    “If you don’t invest, if you’re not strong, they handle you like kids,” he told the Financial Times. “It was very convenient for the Europeans over the last 30 years to say, OK, spend 1 per cent [of GDP on defence], it’s fine.”

    This motherfucker is just saying give me money, nothing of value here.

      • cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml
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        3 days ago

        While I hesitate to give a cancer cell any kind of perceived defense, at least a cancer cell probably isn’t actively/purposefully or consciously malicious. Can’t say the same for capitalists.