Thanks. I did write that AfD are scoring 20% in the polls. You are wrong to call Ukraine a “proxy war”: it is a war for the independence of a sovereign democratic country being fought by Ukrainians with help from others including Germany. Russian complaints about NATO expansion are utter fakes: the reason Poland, the Baltic States and more applied to join NATO is Russian aggression. And Nuland was supporting democracy, given what Yanukovych had done. Is it wrong for Americans or Europeans to support democracy elsewhere? The Ukraine war could be ended tomorrow if Putin chose to stop trying to take over his neighbour in his imperialistic venture.
I am afraid that you are absolutely right about voters’ attitude toward illegal immigration. I doubt that the stance of the AfD in this respect is actually tougher than that of the Danish Social Democratic Party, which a publication of the German Social Democrats’ foundation describes in the following terms: “The Danish Social Democracy plans measures contrary to international law - and receives hardly any criticism in Denmark”. It seems clear to me that the real difference boils down to the historical baggage of Germany relative to Denmark, but the argument inevitably resonates less and less (here I am afraid Elon Musk has a point). This conclusion also applies to a comparison between Germany and Sweden, where a centre-right government relies on the external support of an extreme right-wing party, which used to have ties to neo-Nazi. In terms of personalities, however, neither the Sverigedemokrater (nor for that matter Fratelli d’Italia) have a prominent figure comparable to Björn Höcke.
bill,
the afd represents 20 percent of the people in germany.
the uncontrolled immigration is a crime and a big drag on german/european
civilization. the people know this. and they know why its done.
the people would like to have the proxywar against russia endet as soon
as possible. they also know that the russians got cheated with the expansion
of nato to the east. they know about the maidan and victoria neuland.
please dont call them unpatriotic when they detest violent cynical american
politics. we dont need to be blind followers of exploitive atlanticism.
Thanks. I did write that AfD are scoring 20% in the polls. You are wrong to call Ukraine a “proxy war”: it is a war for the independence of a sovereign democratic country being fought by Ukrainians with help from others including Germany. Russian complaints about NATO expansion are utter fakes: the reason Poland, the Baltic States and more applied to join NATO is Russian aggression. And Nuland was supporting democracy, given what Yanukovych had done. Is it wrong for Americans or Europeans to support democracy elsewhere? The Ukraine war could be ended tomorrow if Putin chose to stop trying to take over his neighbour in his imperialistic venture.
bill, i believe you have the view of a conservative deepstate neocon.
old putin believed to have the poeples rights on his side when he tried to stop
the suppression of the russian speaking minorities in the eastern ukraine.
we don´t need to waste each others time pretending not to be idealogues.
at 400 000 dead, or more, we dont need to lie abt the jobs of nuland and others.
did you support the iraq war also?
Thanks for this detailed analysis of the actual political landscape...it help us to understand better the complicate time we live in today
I am afraid that you are absolutely right about voters’ attitude toward illegal immigration. I doubt that the stance of the AfD in this respect is actually tougher than that of the Danish Social Democratic Party, which a publication of the German Social Democrats’ foundation describes in the following terms: “The Danish Social Democracy plans measures contrary to international law - and receives hardly any criticism in Denmark”. It seems clear to me that the real difference boils down to the historical baggage of Germany relative to Denmark, but the argument inevitably resonates less and less (here I am afraid Elon Musk has a point). This conclusion also applies to a comparison between Germany and Sweden, where a centre-right government relies on the external support of an extreme right-wing party, which used to have ties to neo-Nazi. In terms of personalities, however, neither the Sverigedemokrater (nor for that matter Fratelli d’Italia) have a prominent figure comparable to Björn Höcke.