Guest commentary by Dr. Hans-Georg Maaßen
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was considered our enemy; after reunification, the Soviet Union and then Russia were suddenly partners and friends. When I negotiated an agreement on visa facilitation for pupils, students and town twinning in Russia in the early 2000s, politicians and the media did not want to imagine that things could be any different. The Bundeswehr, counterintelligence and civil defense were scaled back. Why do we still have air raid shelters or sirens? Or compulsory military service, which was abolished under Merkel? Why a government bunker in the event of a crisis, which still existed in Marienthal during the Cold War? Officials who thought things could be different were defamed as Cold Warriors. Politicians and the media powerfully advocated the conviction that we had finally arrived in the age of eternal peace: never again war. And instead of soldiers, we should send development workers all over the world to proclaim the good news of democracy and the rule of law.
Now the world looks different. Friends have become enemies. Anyone in their right mind who has followed Russian politics in recent years could have seen that this could happen. There were enough warnings. Germany should have been prepared for such a possible scenario. The fact that this was not done in Germany under the Schröder and Merkel governments is worse than failure, it was deliberate. Schröder and Merkel had a remarkably opaque personal relationship with Russian government agencies and had effectively demilitarized Germany and made it economically dependent on Russia and China. In terms of energy policy, Germany was dependent on Russia, which was exacerbated by the nuclear phase-out and the ideological "energy transition". We never had to worry about food; it was just there. That will probably change because we are now dependent on Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Every sanction against Russia may affect Russia, but also and above all Germany. And that's not all: Merkel has made us economically and technologically dependent on China, which entered into an "unlimited" partnership agreement with Russia on February 4, just a few weeks before the Ukraine war. If there is a conflict between the West and China, this will have a serious impact on the German economy.
In short, Germany's situation in terms of defense and civil protection is poor, and we are not independent in terms of supply and the economy. Under Merkel, we have slowly fallen into the dependency and pacifism trap. That's why we shouldn't get involved in any conflict without a commitment to an alliance, because you can't wage war with chains of lights and you certainly can't win.
Nevertheless, there is a growing howl of war in the German media, which even individual politicians are not ignoring. Mathias Döpfner, head of the Springer publishing house and one of the most powerful media people in Europe, wrote in a commentary in his Bild newspaper that NATO must immediately intervene militarily on the side of Ukraine in order to save the free world. This means nothing less than a military confrontation between NATO and Russia. What this means should be clear to everyone: a war that is no longer regionally limited and could in all probability lead to a world war. Döpfner is not alone in Germany with his position. The media are using emotionalizing images and reports about the victims of the Ukraine war to create a mood for military support for Ukraine. It is a media barrage against reason with the tenor that we should not stand idly by while Russia conquers Ukraine and people suffer. You could also call this media barrage warmongering.
War mongering and propaganda is not only on the Russian side. Western media can do it too. I am suspicious when news and commentaries try to tell me that there are only villains and shining lights in a conflict. We have had to experience this time and time again, when our media had us in the mood for wars against "evil". Once it was Milošević, then Gaddafi, then Saddam Hussein or Assad, to name just a few examples. We also know that our politicians and media do not shy away from using lies to make their wars palatable to us. The Iraq war was justified with the brazen claim that Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons laboratories. The war of aggression by the USA and its allies violated international law, but had no consequences for those affected. The death toll for Iraq was significant: up to 650,000. The exact number is still not known today.
This is what I have to think about when, in the case of the Ukraine war, Russia is once again portrayed as the evil empire ruled by the "villain-in-chief" Putin, while Ukraine is the liberal democracy heroically defended by Selinskij. Anyone who has only superficially studied Ukraine should know that this oligarchically ruled state is far from guaranteeing the standards of a liberal democracy and that, as we know from the Pandora Papers, Zelinsky is one of the usual dubious figures from the oligarchic milieu in Ukraine who are always sold to us in the West as flawless representatives of Western values.
I don't think Putin is crazy or irrational, as he is labeled in some Western media. He has been influenced by the KGB and knows how to set clear goals, analyze his opponents and enemies, weigh up the risks and then efficiently achieve his goals. In this sense, he acts rationally and, as a former KGB officer, unscrupulously. Unlike Western politicians, he does not allow himself to be influenced by the media and the mood of the electorate, which is why he is more predictable than many Western politicians. His war aims in the Ukraine war are well known. Under no circumstances does he want Ukraine to become part of the "West". He wants a kind of second Belarus as a friendly buffer state between NATO and Russia. He is waging war for this. On the other hand, I think a war of aggression against NATO states is currently unlikely. He is certainly dreaming the tsarist dream of Europe becoming part of Russia's hegemonic sphere, but he would certainly not be foolish enough to wake NATO from its peaceful slumber by attacking Ukraine in order to invade it. Putin's interest is therefore clear.
Selinksky's interest is also clear, as he would like to drag NATO into the war if possible in order to spare himself and Ukraine a capitulation. The USA certainly also has an interest in not losing Ukraine to Russia in this conflict, and the hawks in Washington are already dreaming of a regime change in Moscow in order to fillet Russia in the American sense afterwards. Experience shows that the Americans and their British friends are rather weak when it comes to assessing the risks and consequences of their actions and prefer to leave it to others to deal with the consequences of their military adventures.
But what are our national interests? As much as we feel sorry for the victims of the war, our interests are not congruent with those of Ukraine. Our interest is that we are not dragged into a war with unforeseeable consequences for us due to our self-inflicted military incapacity and economic dependencies. This also means enduring terrible images of war and not allowing ourselves to be deceived once again by invented provocations and alleged chemical weapons discoveries.
About the authorDr. Hans-Georg Maaßen is a lawyer and was President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution for six years (2012-2018). Maaßen has been a member of the CDU since 1978. He stood as a direct candidate in the 2021 Bundestag election. He was defeated by his SPD co-candidate in the Suhl constituency.
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Lots of insightful words, but how should things continue, Mr. Maassen .... "Endure"? - Well, it's more of a call for passivity along the lines of: "They'll do it, as stupid as it is."
But is there another take-home message?
Now the intentions in Mr. Maaßen's comment seem clear to me:
"In the trap ....... Pacifism trap ...... Alliance commitment".
So no passivity after all - in the event of a (NATO) emergency: and therefore arming and enduring now, letting the media charge us up, waiting - until the bell rings.
And soon we'll have enough fake news together so that a second military operation in Ukraine will of course be unavoidable.
Firstly, anyone who does not understand that pacifism is the only way out of the spiral of fear will probably also not understand that too many cooks spoil the broth.
Reinhard
I would like to add my thoughts to all the opinions listed, which I greatly appreciate, especially those of Inge and Tilo.
The world was redivided between 1985 and 1989. During this time, politics was at an end. The Warsaw Treaty-Nato threat no longer had any substance. So a "new strategy" had to be sent into the field.
Who benefits from breaking up the Eastern bloc? Starting with Poland, the CSSR and the GDR. I ask the question here: who financed the fall of communism, who profited from it?
Mr. Maassen, how did you cooperate with the State Security? Who were the demonstrators in the GDR in 1989? It was a long-prepared spectacle among the secret services. Which was continued in the following years. Where were the "blooming gardens" that Kohl had promised? The GDR cannibalized and sold off.
No one needs to point out the education of our politicians to understand what interests are being represented here in Germany.
Yes, the masses are easy to influence. That worked again in the German elections. (Election manipulation ? )
Distraction from the important domestic political decisions of the Bundestag. Compulsory vaccination 10,000s on the streets etc. This government has betrayed us. In particular, it has started or continued a war by deciding to supply weapons. 100 billion for the arms industry, billions for the chemical industry, the surveillance industry, G5 radiation transmitters and so on. If we do not gather our courage, Germany will soon be sprayed to death and we will no longer have to think about a Bundeswehr. Let alone membership of NATO.
Germany out of NATO from all international commitments. Reset! Without a lobby and a new start with the people's conscience. German constitution instead of the dictates of the war profiteers.
We don't need political animators from Soros and co. We'd rather seal the "German-Soviet friendship" forever.
I live here next door to my Russian neighbors and nobody attacks me. They are insecure because their children are looked at with hatred in schools. Where have we ended up?
Poor Germany, you don't deserve the great scholars. Who still knows Mozart's "The Magic Flute"? Who is willing to give away the castles to liars and cheats. Who was "Nathan the Wise". Dear politicians, I am sorry to say that German cultural heritage is something other than babbling in the Bundestag.
You have deeply shaken my trust in this government.
Thank you!
Everything has been said. Now we have to stand up and act for German-Russian peace. There are enough associations that want to complete this mission, but we also need members who will fight for it.
What Maaßen overlooks: The USA has deliberately turned Russia into an enemy, with Germany in tow.
https://schweizerzeitung.ch/jaques-baud-ehemaliges-mitglied-des-strategischen-geheimdienstes-der-schweiz-zu-putin-ukraine/
The will to reason, to take a broad view of the world and at the same time not to abandon one's own small world, to live and exemplify autonomy and personal responsibility and to do all this sensitively, empathetically and at the same time clearly in one's own everyday life, in the family, with children, friends and acquaintances, authentically...is, I believe, the greatest but also the most human challenge at this time.
I find the emotions that run high in these times understandable.
Let us give comfort to those who may despair for a brief moment, let us hold out our hand when someone is at a loss, let us clarify where there is a need, let us take the time!
I grew up in the GDR and liked the idea of equality for all people.
The great protector, the USSR, was our daily bread in all areas from an early age.
And now I imagine how the people in Russia who were born, shaped and grew up there are doing.
What kind of religious war do these people have to endure there?
@ Verena
I hope it's okay if I say a word to them here.
Perhaps it helps to pause for a moment and calm down.
I can understand them well and hope to read about them again soon.
LG.tilda
Guest commentary by Dr. Hans-Georg Maaßen
An opinion and personal view of different things from one person.
So far so good and no problems.
Different opinions and expressions of opinion are right and important.
With the abundance and daily barrage of opinions, comments, attempts at analysis, etc., it is very difficult for most people to find out for themselves which ones they want to consume and how they should engage with the content.
Everyone lives in their own personal world, shaped by their childhood and socialization.
Starting with the child's own family, possibly early childhood external care, followed by unnoticed training at nursery, school and university, etc.
Who is Dr. Hans-Georg Maaßen?
He has been a public servant and politician for decades and still is today.
What does that mean, civil servants and politicians?
Does a public servant respect the property rights of his fellow human beings or does he live parasitically off the hard-earned property of his fellow human beings, whom he is legitimately allowed to rob because of his position of power?
Robbery is and remains a crime, but the vast majority of people still rightly reject it, but civil servants and politicians accept it and do not denounce it for what it is:
a crime!
What else does it mean to be a civil servant and politician?
It means exercising power over fellow human beings.
It means control, coercion and the use of force over peaceful fellow human beings.
It means personal freedom from liability for one's own actions as a public servant and politician.
Does such a freely chosen lifestyle reflect decency and empathy?
Would such a life be possible in a free social and economic order?
I am not judging anyone or anything, I am just asking questions and providing food for thought,
for anyone who is interested.
Is it worth spending your scarce free time reading and processing the opinions of such people?
Or wouldn't the scarce free time in life be better spent by joining forces with peaceful fellow human beings and looking together for solutions to the problems of our time, e.g. founding a humane and high-quality nursing home, or founding a school with teaching content, values and child- and youth-oriented offers to expand knowledge and develop individual skills and abilities, or networking with farmers in one's own region and supporting them, etc.?
Everyone has to decide that for themselves.
Which path is Dr. Hans-Georg Maaßen taking?
Does he continue to live as a man of power at the expense of peaceful fellow human beings?
Or has he entered the free market as a private individual and produces a good that can be voluntarily demanded by people as a rejectable offer, but does not have to be, because rejecting the offer has no consequences?
If I am correctly informed,
Dr. Hans-Georg Maaßen has not yet recognized this,
that robbery of peaceful fellow human beings is a crime and
that it also means disregarding the dignity of fellow human beings,
to dictate to other people through coercion and violence,
how they should and should not live, what they may and may not consume, what they may and may not do with their children, what they may and may not say, etc.
I hold no grudges against anyone.
Neither against civil servants nor against politicians.
They just don't interest me and I don't listen to them.
Anyone who does not respect the dignity, freedom and property rights of their fellow human beings,
is simply not a conversation partner for me.
But everyone has to decide for themselves,
how he shapes his life and which people he allows to become part of his life,
whether he wants to remain part of the system or pull out and
reorganized.
Peacefully with peaceful fellow human beings.
Productive and therefore creative for yourself and all interested fellow human beings.
One thing is for sure:
As long as people only ever wait for others to act and hope that everything will somehow work out or get better,
just a friendly reminder,
that it is precisely because of this passivity and ignorance,
where we are today and
it will probably get much worse,
than most people can even imagine.
Because people passively prefer to listen to and follow criminals,
than to join forces with the countless peaceful fellow human beings and become productive.
Always remain peaceful, optimistic and be active.
Only those who act can make a difference.
People are only subjects, slaves of other people,
when they make themselves one.
Through silence, participation, being a vicarious agent and passivity.
I wish everyone a wonderful spring weekend
G. Schmidt
I've only learned in the last few days: the recipient makes the message.
One of my theses: Too many words are the death of the subject
... and many words have been written here.
You should also name the horse and rider when the time comes.
I prefer a Mr. Brandner who calls Lauterbach a liar to a Mr. Maaßen,
who constantly beats about the bush.
Dear Ms. Schmidt, please take this as a compliment.
I am also happy when someone reflects,
right and important!!!
Great diplomatic criticism of Maassen's contribution...
Obviously some of the commentators here have interpreted into the article what they wanted to understand.
For my part, I read a good, neutral report by Mr. Maassen, as I expect and am used to from the CLUB OF CLEAR WORDS.
Thanks for that!
Great! This is really sensational news. Why is this gentleman being given this platform? You can make up any information yourself, you don't need Mr. Maaßen. No thanks!
"Human dignity is inviolable." Even that of Mr. Maaßen.
It is bitter that Angela Merkel, ARD, ZDF and, unfortunately, obviously you have not understood this. The central lesson from 12 years of extreme inhumanity in our nation is that you don't destroy people socially and professionally just because they - often justifiably - disagree with you. But you are not alone. In 16 years of the Merkel government, this awareness has been largely lost in our country and especially in our journalism. This is the only reason why this platform exists, as Markus Langemann can certainly confirm. And that's why I admire his courage to consistently stand up to the establishment of prominent followers.
Even if I am diametrically opposed to Mr. Maaßen & Co. on security and the military (see below), I still respect him as a person. My view of things expressed below, just like Ms. Schmidt's statements, calls on people to live a dream that will simply not come true. Most people are too weak and therefore too inconsistent to go their own way. Mr. Maaßen is certainly not one of them. If he knew that most people are strong and sovereign to oppose politicians with criminal interests, i.e. if people across the board refused to follow the Christmas truce of 1914 (see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weihnachtsfrieden_(Erster_Weltkrieg)) to return to their trenches and attack each other like wild beasts, invading Poland out of the blue in 1939, going on a manhunt in Vietnam, bombing a passenger train off a bridge in the Balkans, eliminating people on the other side of the world at the click of a mouse, or now moving towards Ukraine, the first part of Mr. Maaßen's assessment would certainly have been completely different. In any case, I trust him to have the necessary acumen.
And one more thing in conclusion. Mr. Maaßen is not a right-wing extremist. He was - like all of us - the victim of probably the most deceitful politician our democracy has ever seen in the highest political office. The result is that we now have the most unprincipled government of all time, in which we are all once again the victims of embarrassingly naive ideology. If you don't believe it, you should read the following WELT report: https://www.welt.de/finanzen/immobilien/plus237760541/Alles-auf-Waermepumpe-Die-Regierung-treibt-uns-in-die-Energie-Falle.html
Remember, only weak, insecure people without backbone, who unfortunately, as Corona has taught us, are the rule rather than the exception, allow themselves to be driven into a trap - be it Ukraine for the Russian soldiers or even just the energy trap.
I always just say, cabinet of curiosities.
Yes, the traffic light cabinet can only be described as strange with some justification.
However, I would like to go one step further. The diagnosis of schizophrenia definitely applies to what is currently happening in Berlin in general and in the FDP in particular.
For example, Christian Lindner gave the following speech to the Bundestag in 2019: "How would it be if we thought big and global about climate protection? For example, by restarting the Desertec project in the Sahara?" (s. https://twitter.com/c_lindner/status/1177145417047445504?lang=de).
But what does the "real" policy of the FDP look like now? The FDP's new Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has nothing else in mind than to have an interview with her CDU predecessor and a hydrogen expert deleted: s. https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/interviews/de/die-zukunft-gehoert-allein-dem-gruenen-wasserstoff.htmlwhich confirms exactly the Lindner speech from 2019.
It quickly becomes clear why when you read the interview in the Handelsblatt: s. https://app.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/anja-karliczek-und-robert-schloegl-hinter-dem-wasserstoff-thema-verbirgt-sich-die-groesste-gelddruckmaschinerie/25507504.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab&ticket=ST-2424355-aknpIsdhPteC9KaJS3up-ap6
It contains such concise statements as:
"Handelsblatt: So it doesn't matter if wind turbines are blocked here?
Schlögl: "This is a pointless social war of attrition, because we will never be self-sufficient here anyway. If the government manages to keep the current share of renewables in final energy consumption stable at 15 percent in the long term, that would already be a huge success"
Just two and a half years later, Christian Lindner is dreaming of "freedom energy" in relation to wind energy. WELT has made it abundantly clear just how free we will be in the article on the heat pump issue quoted above. This traffic light government will not shy away from defrauding the population.
In future, we will be fleeced like Christmas geese to finance all the coronavirus/energy transition/war nonsense. If the suspended debt brake were to apply in 2022, the federal government's new debt could only amount to a maximum of 0.35% of gross domestic product - i.e. around €12.9 billion. In real terms, Finance Minister Christian Lindner is throwing around "€100 billion banknotes" as if there were no tomorrow. How this fits in with the FDP's pre-election statements probably remains his personal secret.
The guest article cannot and must not be more specific and overly rich in information, it is due to the secrecy of the former office. Therefore, thanks to Dr. Maaßen. The CIA has been operating on a massive scale in Ukraine since 2010 in army uniforms, speaking English. Investors from the West, including Biden's son, have invested heavily and also established bio and chemical laboratories and much more. The CIA is setting fire to the country and tactics are being used, and everyone can guess for themselves what that means. Ukraine's civil war against its own people since 2014 should also not be forgotten. What role does (did) the CIA play? And Merkel has definitely supported the right wing in Ukraine. And Putin is one of the reasons behind it. You can't lie about that.
...and no: these horrible pictures of war and the events live and in color cannot and must not be "endured"...
I'll take my leave of this forum...
Too bad, Verena. Please stay! I can't, won't and don't put up with it.
That's a shame, but it's typically German. Those who think differently can only be wrong, are stupid or should be locked away.
Bury your head in the sand and then you can always say: "We...? WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THIS..."
Well, who would have expected otherwise. So Mr. Maaßen has either completely overslept Mr. Putin's policy or deliberately ignored it. What about all the offers of fire from Russia? Who withdrew their troops and which ones remained in our country? What has been represented by the US as doctrine for decades (Germany and Russia must never work together!). I can't stand this lying anymore. And your ignorance and propaganda belongs in the same pot as that of Kissinger, Reagan, Bush and Obama. Who has ensured that this world has remained a dangerous one in recent decades? Who passed the most insane "defense" budget ever? Who has broken their promises? Who has interfered in the internal affairs of Ukraine? It's time for the old white men to retire to a bunker and take their poison pill so that we can be freed from their insanity. Good bye, Mr. Maaßen, Biden, Obama, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc....
Somehow it's not nice, dear Votini, to be mentioned in the same breath as Biden, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, all corrupt up to their ears, is a little dishonorable. After all, Obama is only one person who has had over 2000 people killed by drones against all law. So is he a murderer? Like the others mentioned above? We don't need to go into details. Due to his position, Mr. Maaßen was certainly also involved in operations that were only unofficially permitted by the secret services, that is in the nature of things. Do we need and want that as citizens? That is not so easy to decide. As long as the Federal Republic of Germany, as an ally of the USA, does not actually make any sovereign political decisions, the German secret services must behave accordingly. In my eyes, Mr. Maaßen is not in the same league as Cheney and his ilk. Rather, he was a secret soldier, a recipient of orders, undoubtedly with great influence. Just briefly on the subject of the old white man: like all racist narratives, this one is also untrue, just think of Helmut Schmidt, Werner Nowotny, Peter Scholl-Latour, Václav Havel, who, to name but a few, were role models. Now there are some young women in politics, regardless of skin color, who could cast doubt on the meaningfulness of passive women's suffrage, but
that would of course be just as discriminatory and therefore completely wrong. I think we can do without something like that. L.G. H.W..
I don't know what you've read there, but I've read a fairly neutral take on the subject from Mr. Maassen and I'm certainly not a CDU or Altpartrien friend. Then probably more of a Putin-understander
...I don't know... The fact is that we have Mr. Gorbachev to thank for the fact that no Russian tanks rolled in 1989. The fact is that Putin - quite unlike Gorbachev - is an ice-cold, calculating former KGB man who, not for the first time in history, has instigated unscrupulous crimes in order to blame them on his opponents. The fact is that Germany has always had to come to terms geopolitically between the great powers - sometimes more and sometimes less Russia-oriented. (Kaiser Wilhelm I and Tsar Nicholas were even cousins...) The fact is that in Germany civil defense and military defense forces - politically desired - were irresponsibly shrunk under Schröder and Merkel and dependencies were cheaply accepted. In peacetime, trade is not reprehensible. Obviously, Russian interests (and the associated threat) were not correctly assessed. The fact is that NATO is a defense alliance, which sovereign states joined of their own free will after the disintegration of the CIS states - out of fear of Russia - obviously justified.
The fact is that it always takes two to argue. The wiser gives in, they say. Russia is not giving any signal of de-escalation. Ukraine was already neutral before the Russian invasion - how can that be a "war aim to be enforced"? A Putin sends unsuspecting young recruits to the front and tells them it's training? How long will it take to rebuild the devastation caused? In the end, nobody benefits - not even Putin - he destroys and dismantles himself. And causes endless suffering and misery - for what?
We must also ask ourselves what influence Russia has already exerted to divide societies, what goals Moscow is pursuing and whether pro-Ukrainian rallies - as much as one feels on the side there - do not act like the cloth on the bull...everything that contributes to ending the armed conflicts immediately and without delay is good. Anything that pours oil on the fire should be avoided...that violent criminals lead states...has unfortunately happened from time to time in history...hopefully Russia's military will turn around and withdraw from Putin...a perhaps naive wish...
They should look into history and not just put the propaganda of the news into their own words.
...just read "Die Deutschen vom Mittelalter bis ins 19. Jahrhundert" and " Die Deutschen vom 1. Weltkrieg bis zur Wende" by Guido Knopp...or listened to it as an audio book while driving. Highly recommended. I watch the Tagesschau to know what I'm distancing myself from...The best way to get up-to-date information is via the Swiss media...Greetings to von-und-zu-und-auf-und-davon...Perhaps YOU should study history?
Anyone who relies on ZDF and ARD must be mentally retarded!!!!
........ but whoever writes about NATO as a defensive alliance probably wants to show off his complete amnesia by saying: Attack is the best defense!!!!
Verena,
that is a rather one-sided view of things. The fact is, the military sell people "security technology". What they deliver is death, unimaginable suffering and destruction. They make people bleed for their business model or idiotic hobby - depending on their motivation - financially or, as can actually always be "experienced" somewhere in the world, in very real terms. The world powers and many a rogue state and their military are no different in this respect. They make people believe in an honor that never existed. They are not men and, more recently, women of honor. They have always been dishonorable scoundrels and will always remain dishonorable scoundrels in the future.
If >95% of the people did not finance this pack, which no doubt recently includes Selensky in combat gear calling for weapons and escalation, all over the world, including in Russia, the USA, Ukraine and elsewhere, we would at least be rid of this hostage of humanity. It is pointless to philosophize about whether the Russians or the Americans are the worse ones or whether this inglorious role will be filled by China in the future. One can ask with equal justification what US military advisors (I wouldn't be surprised if most of them have now left to save their A....) have or had to do a few minutes' flight from Moscow, as well as the question of what Putin has lost in Ukraine. In both cases, the rational answer is: nothing. But both were or are in Ukraine. This is because both sides of the new iron curtain are ice-cold power mongers who don't care about the lives and health of the common people if their financial and power-political interests are affected, no matter how often they claim the opposite. Qualitatively, there is no difference whether Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama has a wedding party in Afghanistan eliminated at the click of a mouse, a German military bombs hundreds of Afghan civilians into a hell of flames while they are pumping petrol, German politicians abandon their Afghan henchmen after their military "adventure" and thus leave them to die and be persecuted, or whether Putin reduces residential buildings and even entire cities to rubble.
Donald Trump, of all people, made public in a television interview years ago what he considers these groups of people or the new unperson of history, i.e. indirectly former US presidents, but also Putin, to be: "killers" (see https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin/index.html). There is really nothing to add to this.
VG Roland Aßmann
They are all scoundrels, a gangster war, and it is easy to fall into the trap of sympathizing with one side or the other, of allowing oneself to be drawn into a "fratricidal war" that was orchestrated and fueled by completely different powers, also for other reasons, as we are (supposed to be) seduced into believing.
Germany has no sovereignty whatsoever - Mr. Maaßen should know that - and it was never intended to give this plaything of geo- and military-strategic big players any such sovereignty, nor will it be worth a damn to them.
However, it is very welcome for "our" remote-controlled government puppets to finally have a "reason" to rearm here too, the money is best invested in armaments, the social sector brings no profit, the destruction of a "middle class" is part of that other agenda anyway, the Great Reset.
This war was very welcome in every respect and every player in the background, the hypocrisies stink to high heaven.
Anyone who wants peace must leave strategic military alliances, Germany is not allowed to do so, cannot decide anything sovereignly, anyone who represents human rights must not take part in wars.
Trump didn't make it easy to like him as a person, as a character, but HE wanted out of NATO, HE was out of the WHO, HE had reached out to the worst dictator, HE wanted the USA to finally take care of its own problems - but for such efforts he was helped, helped out .
Dear Mr. Maassen, the call to return to rationality cannot be given enough importance. I find your view of the Anglo-Saxon success story in the Middle East understandable. Your point that Putin or Russia cannot be our friend, but at best our partner, is almost self-evident. I only believe in coincidences to a limited extent in politics, I believe that Döpfner is behaving in line with the Atlantic Bridge, and I see it similarly with Borrell, the EU's foreign affairs representative, and with von der Leyen, our universally esteemed President of the EU Commission. Cui bono? First of all, we should recognize that there is a continental European West and a North Atlantic West. Since the rise of Germany after 1871, it had been recognized on the other side of the Channel that cooperation between Germany and Russia would not be desirable. This old doctrine is still relevant, and it seems to me more relevant than ever. A weakening of the EU would make the continental European West politically and possibly also economically insignificant and favor the supremacy of the USA in the Western world. It is also interesting to note that many continental European functionaries have previously started their careers in organizations and corporations from the North Atlantic West, i.e. Draghi, Macron or Merz. Are they actually for us or against us? I see this as a possible explanation for the seemingly emotional, unrational politics, especially in Germany. The consequence of this policy will be a long-lasting and deep alienation between continental Europe and Russia, important markets will be lost, energy supply dependency will shift to the North Atlantic West and the resulting refugee flows will tie up many of our resources. Even if the worst comes to the worst, Poland and Germany will become a battlefield in an extended conflict - would the Western nuclear powers protect us from this at the risk of their own destruction? If they behave rationally, probably not. It remains to be seen whether these actions by the North Atlanticists will all work out; Russia is also threatened by the sheer size and power of China, alliance or not (Scholl-Latour). The demographic development in Russia will change the weight of the Muslim population there, all of which will be perceived by the Russians as a potential threat. This also offers opportunities for political détente in Europe in the more distant future. Let's hope for the best. MfG H.W..
Thank you Mr. Langemann for letting Mr. Maaßen have his say here, although the commentary seems very thin and one-sided in parts.
Can a former head of the German domestic secret service "judge" the thinking of the former head of the former Russian secret service?
And what about the thinking of this former head of the German secret service, who now only serves as "government protection"?
Are we allowed to make comparisons here while we're on the subject of former secret service chiefs?
Why is "only" the war of aggression against Iraq mentioned as a violation of international law and why is Germany's involvement, which violates international law, not mentioned?
The same applied to the trumped-up war in Yugoslavia, which was illegal and unconstitutional, and which sanctions were imposed on the international lawbreakers involved?
Did Mr. Maaßen also go to such lengths back then in terms of criticism and "condemnation"? And what actually became of the violators of international law back then?
How can it be that a Frank-Walter Steinmeier is now in his second term as Federal President, even though this Frank-Walter Steinmeier made Germany a stooge of the USA in the Iraq war, which violated international law, keyword spying on Iraqi war targets for the US army?
And can the former head of the German domestic intelligence service seriously be so naive and ignorant about the disgusting game of the US military-industrial complex when it comes to Ukraine, cue Nuland: "F*ck the EU"?
Questions upon questions ...
In the talk show tv.berlin Spezial, Mr. Maaßen actually calls Ukraine a democratic and sovereign state. - Is this Maaßen's idea of democracy and sovereignty?
Well, you can forget about the coup on the Maidan by the USA, can't you?
It is almost a gift to mention that the civil war that has been raging since 2014 was started by the Ukrainian "government" against its own population and has cost well over 10,000 lives.
Also the plundering of Ukraine by the Biden family, keyword Hunter Biden and the end of the investigation against Burisma after the "replacement" of the public prosecutor.
The same goes for the story in Odessa, where, after the massacre at the time, the former President of Georgia Saakashvili happened to be appointed as a presidential advisor in Ukraine after fleeing to the USA and was "elected" as governor of the Odessa region shortly afterwards. Pure coincidence, of course, and therefore not worth mentioning.
Mr. Maaßen succinctly justifies the non-compliance with the Minsk Agreement with the fact that the seceded parts in the Donbass are defending themselves against the "government troops".
In this very discussion, Putin is portrayed as an ice-cold and unscrupulous murderer. Well, political murders are carried out exclusively, exclusively at the behest of the evil dictator Putin. Political opponents would never be eliminated in this way in any Western country, never!
A secret service would never participate in the murder of its own president because the desired war was "canceled" by that president, cue Kennedy and Cuba. Never.
Although the story of the "magic bullet" and the lone perpetrator has the same credibility as the collapse of a skyscraper due to fire, keyword WTC7.
You can think what you like about Russia's military intervention - but you cannot deny that the so-called "Western values", which is now playing the moralizer, would not have had long enough to resolve this conflict in a more appropriate way.
I'm not quite sure what Mr. Maaßen hopes to achieve with his tepid criticism. Perhaps the "capture" of Merkel's critics?
Questions upon questions ...
Is it really appropriate now to "condemn" Russia's intervention, while for decades we have "tolerated" the USA invading countries at will or invading countries under the pretext of the most outrageous lies and razing them to the ground?
Watching how countries are taken over by the USA, whether by invasion or by installing the desired government in order to build up military bases in these countries?
Is it really so reprehensible for Russia to want to prevent NATO military bases being built in the immediate vicinity under the leadership of the USA?
Personally, I can well understand that Russia does not want to shrug its shoulders and watch military bases being built in its immediate neighborhood by a reliable violator of international law.
Please do not confuse understanding with comprehension.
I would like to endorse your comment.
Susanne, I am very grateful to you for these classifications and clarifications!
I consider Mr. Maaßen's statements to be unbearably anti-Atlantic and one-sided. And unworthy of a politician who describes himself as serious. Apart from the fact that you have to ask yourself how a person with such a simple mindset could become head of a secret service. But that's the way it is in Germany...
Moreover, if it weren't so serious, it is almost "delicious" when a former head of the secret service describes another former head of the secret service as cold-blooded and unscrupulous, without not cringing when he looks in the mirror. ... How does Maaßen describe all the US presidents and vice presidents who have been in and out of the CIA? Were they caring or humanistically restrained in their extremely frequent war decisions? Did they throw cotton balls and stuffed animals at Iraq, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and all the other countries that were allowed to benefit from this Atlantic care? Did they create escape corridors for civilians? Did anyone in Western politics impose sanctions or at least verbalize them because of their actions?
If anyone acted absolutely cold-bloodedly and unscrupulously here, it was the "West"! For 8 long years, this "West" did not care in the least when its foster child Ukraine indiscriminately bombed an area every day, which the foster child should not have been allowed to do under an internationally binding treaty. And the overseers Germany and France are not only watching, they are encouraging the absolutely dependent foster child through their actions and omissions to please continue doing so...
Steinmeier not only helped set fire to Iraq, no, the consequences of the Maidan 2013/14 are also directly attributable to his actions and omissions!
Yes, I can understand Russia! I am not a friend of the war. But before some people come forward to contradict me, they should take the time to explain the following to me:
- How could Russia have reacted differently under the given geostrategic circumstances to prevent Ukraine from becoming a NATO member?
– Wie hätte Russland den Donbass und seine russischsprachigen und russischen Bürger anders effektiv schützen können?
– Wie hätte Russland mit dem ganz offensichtlichen nazistischen Bestrebungen und Zielen in der Ukraine anders umgehen sollen?
Es wäre ganz einfach gewesen:
– D und F garantieren tatsächlich Minsk-II, ja auch unter Androhung von schmerzhaften Sanktionen (kein Problem bei der absoluten Abhängigkeit der Ukraine von D und der EU).
– USA und NATO erklären rechtsverbindlich: Nein, die Ukraine wird niemals ein NATO-Mitglied.
Sic, wer glaubt die Vorgeschichte dieses Krieges inkl. der unsäglichen Provokationen und der massiven Einflussnahme der USA und der EU ausblenden zu können, wie z.B. auch Harald Lesch auf Terra X („Völlig überraschend, quasi mitten im Frieden“), hat nichts verstanden, geht blind durch diese Welt.
Die ÖRR-Sender sind schon extrem bestrebt, die Wahrheit über diesen Krieg zu verbergen, wo es nur geht. Dazu werden wir alle – wie im Zusammenhang mit Corona bereits bestens bekannt – manipuliert. Aber es gelingt den ÖRR nicht immer und überall, die Wahrheit zu unterdrücken, wie folgende bemerkenswerte Aussage einer Militärexpertin gestern Abend bei Markus Lanz beweist: s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uyOLmIEIAU, ab min 16:30
Wie bereits im 20. Jahrhundert bestens bekannt, militärische Logik führt früher oder später zu Kriegen. Wann kapiert das endlich auch der letzte Doofi?
Dabei ist es am Ende ziemlich egal, wer das perfide „Spiel“ beginnt und wer es „siegreich“ beendet. Die Verlierer sind zuhauf wir gemeine Menschen und natürlich die Menschlichkeit. Dass „Sieger“ und „Verlierer“ nicht immer mit den Verantwortlichen korrelieren, ist ebenfalls hinreichend geschichtlich belegt. Die wenigen hochrangigen „Sieger“ und „Verlierer“ sind dann für die Ewigkeit in Geschichtsbüchern zu finden. Die „Baueropfer“ sind dagegen schon zum Zeitpunkt ihres Leidens und Todes vergessen und werden oftmals in Massengräbern begraben, wenn ihnen nicht das zweifelhafte „Glück“ teil wird, auf den Bildern und Filmen von Kriegsberichterstattern „verewigt“ zu werden. Jeder kennt das Bild des jungen fliehenden Napalm-Opfers aus dem Vietnamkrieg oder des getroffenen Soldaten aus dem spanischen Bürgerkrieg. Wann findet die Menschheit endlich den Ausgang aus diesem Wahnsinn, den Markus Lanz & Co nun aktuell tagtäglich zelebrieren, indem sie begeistert militärische Logik den entsprechenden Raum geben und, wie gestern zu beobachten, sogar begeistert aufsaugen, um anschließend ihre vermeintlichen militärischen Helden feiern zu können?
Der Krieg begann nicht wie ab 16.30 vermittelt wird mit Sezession der Krim (03.2014), sondern mit dem Euromaidan Ende 2013, als die US-Kriegsboys einfach wie so oft von oben herab einfach mal in Hollywood-Manier die ukrainische Zivilbevölkerung niedermetzelte, um die Yankee-Administration in dem neuen Vasallenstaat zu etablieren.
Der Kommentar von Herrn Maassen passt nicht in einen „Club der klaren Worte“. Er verschleiert mehr als dass er Klarheiten schafft. Die meisten Kommentare zu diesem Beitrag sehen dies aehnlich.
In den Aeusserungen von Herrn Maassen steckt versteckt eine tiefe Ablehnung der russischen Foederation, vielleicht auch der russischen Kultur. Jede region sollte immer auf ein hohes Mass an oekonomischer Unabhaengigkeit achten. Das war aber immer fuer die deutschen Staatsakteure ausgeschlossen. Sehr gut sehen wir das in der landwirtschaft, der Telekommunikation, der solaren Energietechnologie, der datenverarbeitenden Systemen.
Eine vollstaendige Abkehr einer Blockzuordnung, eine vollstaendige Demilitarisierung, eine vollstaendige Neutralitaet der BRD waere der einzige Weg dazu. Auf dieser Basis koennen alle Arten kooperativer Austauschprozesse mit anderen Regionen gelingen.
Fuer Herrn Maassen waere dies ein Horror.
Sehr geehrter Herr Dr. Maaßen,
in Ihren Ausführungen ist mir eine Aussage aufgestoßen.
Ich bin als DDR-Bürger mit den „Russen im Wald“ aufgewachsen. Es hat viele Berichte über harte Strafmaßnahmen der führenden Offiziere der Roten Armee gegen junge Rekruten gegeben, bzw. waren diese Rekruten ja noch halbe Kinder und konnten in einem fremden Land mit diesem harten Drill nur schwer umgehen.
Ich habe einige dieser Russen, ob Offizier oder einfacher Soldat, als liebenswerte und zutiefst friedliebende Menschen kennengelernt.
Natürlich waren auch harte Kerle dabei, die ihren Auftrag sehr ernst nahmen.
Hier in meinem Dorf im Erzgebirge war sogar Herr Putin mehrmals zu Gast und die Leute erinnern sich gern an diese Zeit.
Das aus Freunden Feinde werden, kann passieren.
Aber im großen Mächtespiel der Big Player, sollte man auf Augenhöhe miteinander umgehen, wenn es keine wie jetzt in der Ukraine entstandenen Konflikt, geben soll.
Wir wissen aber, dass seit der Wende die USA der selbstherrliche und sich immer an die Erste Stelle stellender Weltpolizist sein will.
So usopatorisch, will sagen, diktatorisch wie es die USA nun mal innerhalb der NATO gemacht haben und es auch aktuell heute so treiben, musste es zu diesem Krieg kommen.
Hätten Verträge zwischen den Supermächten Bestand, würde es z.B: die versprochene von der NATO und vertraglich vereinbarte NATO – Osterweiterung in Richtung Russland (vormals Sowjetunion) nicht geben, wäre es nie zu dieser Entwicklung gekommen.
Aber die USA haben es noch nie fertig gebracht, Verträge einhalten zu wollen.
Es gab immer die Bestrebung, durch die Hintertür solche Verträge zu umgehen.
Das Herr Putin sich für diese Militäraktion entschieden hat, ist auf dieser Grundlage nur zu verständlich.
Krieg ist immer das falsche Mittel um Probleme zu lösen.
Das setzt aber die Bereitschaft voraus, dass beide Parteien es auch wollen.
Insofern ist Ihr Satz „aus Freunden sind Feinde geworden“, irgendwie nicht sehr überzeugend.
Leider können Sie natürlich nicht außerhalb des offiziellen Narretivs von dem Schurkenstaat und Agressor Russland und Putin agieren.
Das würde Ihren medialen Tod bedeuten.
Wer will schon medial eine andere Meinung einnehmen (ähnlich des Impfskeptikers/Impfgegner) , wenn man Gefahr läuft, den medialen Tod sterben zu müssen.
Ich schätze Sie Herr Maaßen sehr, aber auch Sie sind darauf angewiesen, nicht gegen den medialen Strom schwimmen zu können.
Denn dann würden Sie wie die vielen, z.B: in den Pflegeheimen ungeimpften Mitarbeitern als das Krebsgeschwür der dt. Gesellschaft gebrandmarkt werden, nur weil diese die Agenda von Lauterbach, Kretschmer, Scholz & Co ausführen wollen und eine tödliche Gentherapie auf Kosten ihrer eigenen Gesundheit durchführen zu lassen. Es steht zu befürchten, dass eben diese durch den geplanten Ukrainekrieg ausgelöste Flüchtlingswelle dazu dienen könnte, die ungeimpften Mitarbeiter in Pflege,-und Gesundheitssektor durch die Menschen zu ersetzten.
Wahre Worte und ich bin entsetzt, genauso wie schon zuvor in der Coronapolitik und Zeit, dass so viele Menschen einfach nicht logisch denken können.
Was das besetzte Deutschland betrifft so haben wir das auch Merkel zu verdanken die keinen Versuch machte nach vereinbartem möglichem Ablauf eine Änderung herbei zu führen sondern sie hat alles laufen lassen wir es war. Sicher für sie bequemer gewesen.
Wo ist Merkel denn jetzt? Sie ist doch dick mit Putin befreundet oder wusste sie, was er plant und hat deshalb sang und klanglos die Bühne verlassen obwohl sie so lange am Stuhl klebte und keine „Götter“ die sicher eine andere und für uns bessere Politik gemacht hätten neben sich geduldet und einen nach dem anderen hinterhältig entfernt hat? Sie hat zu allem geschwiegen wenn es um uns Deutsche ging, für alle anderen ist sie eingetreten und hat selbstherrlich bestimmt was gemacht wird, nur bei wichtigen Entscheidungen war sie stumm und für Wochen in der Versenkung. Die Milliarden die wir für ihre nicht- oder Fehlplanungen bezahlen müssen werden noch unsere Urenkel betreffen.
Nach und nach kommen nun die Verfehlungen, die Abschaffung Deutschlands zutage und wieder wird von den meisten dazu geschwiegen.
Wie hat Stiefenhofer in seinem Buch geschrieben: sie hatte die Absicht Deutschland zu vernichten und einen Vielvölkerstaat daraus zu machen.
Hatte sie nicht einen Eid geschworen, Schaden von deutschen Volk fern zu halten usw.?
Wo waren die Journalisten? Auf jedem Sender die gleichen zuckersüßen Kommentare über unsere ach so gute Merkel? Sie sollten ehrliche Berichterstattung bringen und nicht das was von den Politikern zensiert wurde.
Wenn ich jeden Tag lese wie fordernd und auch z.T. bestimmend Selenksky Deutschland auffordert Waffen zu liefern, den Gashahn abzudrehen, wobei die Ukraine weiterhin Gas aus Russland bezieht, dann kann ich mich wie schon seit 16 Jahren nur wundern, wie gelassen unsere Politiker das hinnehmen.
Merkel hat uns seit jeher ein schlechtes Gewissen eingeredet dass wir schuldig sind, Baerbock macht im gleichen Stil weiter und die Bevölkerung kuscht.
Demokratie adieu, Diktatur ist schon da.
Bravo. Gute Analyse aus meiner Sicht.
Nur hat das alles schon viel früher begonnen als mit Frau Merkel, was aber den Inhalt Ihrer Aussage und den Folgen für dieses Land nicht in Abrede stellt.
Ich schätze Herrn Maßen sehr. Nicht zuletzt wegen seiner offenen Worte in Zeiten der Plandemie.
Aber hier betreibt er meiner Meinung nach Framing zu Gunsten unserer „Freunde aus Übersee“.
Wirtschaftlich betrachtet würde es weder China noch den USA gefallen, wenn dieser Krieg bald vorüber wäre oder wenn er lokal bliebe.
Wie 1929 stagniert die Wirtschaft in den USA und droht sogar komplett zu kollabieren. Die Nachfrage an der viel zu großen Menge produzierter Ware sinkt stetig.
Ein sich nach Westen ausdehnender Konflikt würde das ändern, ähnlich wie damals der zweite Weltkrieg die Depression in den USA beendet hat.
Von den vom Pentagon finanzierten Laboren in der Ukraine (und anderswo) mal ganz abgesehen…
Gänzlich und allein entscheidet der Punkt und die Seite der Betrachtung, für die Suche nach den Schuldigen – wenn wir den 21/22.02.2022 nehmen ist eindeutig Putin der Übeltäter (der ist mit seiner Armee eingefallen) // nehmen wir den 16.02.2022, dann wäre das sicher der Biden, nach seiner Ansage/Aufruf fing der Übergriff auf Donetzk/Lugansk von der Ukrainischen Seite an (wer weiß was der Biden den Ukrainern versprochen hatte, damit sie den Bären ärgern) // nehmen wir 2014-2022 dann ist es mehr als eindeutig, das der Globale-Westen seine Finger im Spiel hatte // nehmen wir 1991 dann ist es eindeutig die NATO, die gegn das Abkommen handelte und zu Nah an den russischen Bären rückte // nehmen wir jedoch die Zeit nach dem 24.02.2022 als der Angriff der russischen Armee bereits begonnen hatte, ist die Schuld gänzlich bei Selenski zu finden – mit seiner hinterhältigen Taktik ( Angriff aus dem Bevölkerten-Hinterhalt ) und Aufruf zum Widerstand der zivilen Bevölkerung, sind alle Zivilen Opfer, auf W.Selenski und diejenigen die für ihn in den Widerstand gezogen sind, zurück zu führen.
Leid-Tragende sind WIR Menschen und Zivilisten in ganz Europa, die für die Machtspielchen der Großen -> USA // EU // Russland // China usw. unsere Gesundheit und Erspartes hingeben müssen. Aber wie können wir uns schützen ??? Wie entmachten wir die Übeltäter an der Spitze ??? Wie wollen wir weiter leben ??? Dies sind die wichtigen Fragen, für jeden Einzelnen und Allesamt für jetzt und die Zukunft !!! Kraft und klare Sicht, mit Club der Klaren Worte für ALLE
KLasse – klasse!!
Der Bericht ist sachlich und informiert, das schätze ich in dieser Zeit. Emotionale Berichterdstattung, egal von welcher Seite, ist nicht zielführend.
Danke für den Bericht und bitte weiter so.
Es handelt sich meines Erachtens um einen Proxikrieg Washingtons gegen Rußland. Dafür haben die Amerikaner einen Dummen gefunden in der Person des ukrainischen Präsidenten. Ein Schauspieler, der die Infrastruktur seines Landes lieber zerbomben lässt, als mal nüchtern nachzudenken, was Putin und möglichereise auch China, der Alliierte von Moskau wollen. Putin hat das mehrfach klar gesagt. Bei den Chinesen genügt ein wenig Kopfarbeit, wenn man mal die Weltkarte zur Hand nimmt und an das Seidenstraßenprojekt denkt. Ganz abgesehen davon, dass spätestens nach dem Fall Moskaus – z. B. durch Ermordung Putins (casus belli) – China an der Reihe wäre.
Zur militärischen Lage der Russen scheint mir deren Absicht, einen Blitzkrieg gegen die Ukraine erfolgreich führen zu können, „in die Hose“ gegangen zu sein – zu viel Partisanenkrieg in der Fläche.. Die Sache wird teuer – auch für uns, sowohl die Kosten des Unterhalts für Flüchtlinge als auch verfassungswidrige Lieferungen von militärischer Hardware an die Ukraine.
Die Lage der Russen scheint mir im Augenblick einem Theorem von Clausewitz analog zu entsprechen, das Carl von Clausewitz im 19. Jahrhundert entwickelt hat. Es beschreibt jenen Punkt, an dem sich ein Angriff erschöpft und der Angreifende nicht mehr zu größeren Vorstößen in der Lage ist. Clausewitz hatte den Russland-Feldzug Napoleons vor Augen. Der französische Kaiser wollte 1812 einen schnellen Sieg erzielen. Doch sein Gegner wich immer wieder zurück, und je weiter die Franzosen vordrangen, desto größer wurden ihre logistischen Probleme. Napoleon verlor den Großteil seines Heeres nicht auf dem Schlachtfeld sondern durch Krankheiten und Hunger. Als er nach drei Monaten in Moskau einzog, stand die Stadt in Flammen. Das war aus Clausewitz‘ Sicht der Kulminationspunkt. Napoleon wartete vergeblich auf ein Angebot für Friedensverhandlungen, trat dann zu spät den Rückzug an und verlor im einsetzenden Winter die Hälfte seiner verbliebenen Truppen. So endete der Krieg mit einer Niederlage, obwohl Napoleon die wichtigen Schlachten gewonnen hatte.
Ein sehr guter Beitrag von Herrn Dr. Maaßen, dessen nüchterne Analysen ich sehr schätze.
Was mich an der deutschen Regierung am meisten stört, ist diese unerträgliche Doppelmoral!!! Da wenden sie sich von Russland ab, erwähnen mit keinem Wort, dass der Krieg in der Ukraine schon seit 8 Jahren tobt, indem sich die korrupten Systeme dort gegenseitig die Köpfe einschlagen und die ukrainische Bevölkerung als Schutzschilder missbrauchen. Das hat bisher hier in Deutschland keine Sau interessiert. Aber, sobald der Name Putin und Russland blutrot leuchtend herausgestellt wird, aktivieren sich alle Triggerpunkte und Rußland ist wieder das blutrünstige Monster der vergangenen Kriege.
Das ist die eine Seite! Jetzt zeigt sich aber die absolute Unfähigkeit der deutschen Regierung mit ihren untauglichen Koalitionspartnern. Sie wollen mit Katar Verhandlungen über Fossile Brennstoffe führen. Mit Katar!!!! Ein Land, das Frauen verachtet und gleichgeschlechtliche Beziehungen mit dem Tode bestraft. Ein Land, dass schon seit eh und je Krieg führt und gar nicht weiß, wie man Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und Menschenrechte buchstabiert!!! Was will die deutsche Regierung dort beweisen???? Wollen sie sie missionieren???? Was will eine Baerbock als Außenministerin in diesem Land, wo die Frau als Geschlecht dort nichts wert ist??? Ach, ja!!! Habeck soll es ja richten!!! Klar, das ändert alles!!! Ich komme mal wieder aus dem Kopfschütteln nicht raus!!!!
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In diesem Kommentar kommen aus meiner Sicht die Beleuchtung der geostrategischen Ausrichtung der USA, die Zusage des Westens im Zusammenhang mit der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung, auf eine NATO-Osterweiterung zu verzichten sowie die direkte Verantwortung der USA beim Putsch in der Ukraine 2014 zu kurz. Im Hinblick auf die exponierte Situation von Herrn Maassen habe ich zwar Verständnis für seine Zurückhaltung. Im Ergebnis ist der Kommentar für mich in dieser Form dadurch leider unbefriedigend unscharf.
Hallo, sehe ich genauso.
Dem kann ich nur zustimmen.
Sehr geehrter H. Trillig . Sowie ich Herr Maaßen über alles schätze , sehe ich ihre Sichtweise als genau die Richtige an und stehe in ihrer Argumentation genau in allen Punkten hinter ihnen . Die Amerikaner und die europäische NATO haben seinerzeit nicht auf ihre eigenen noch auf russische Politiker gehört und versucht den Bogen bis zum Bruch zu spannen ….Das Resultat sehen wir jetzt ……
Meine Anmerkung dazu :: Als seinerzeit Präs. Bush den Irak mit unbewiesener — heute falscher–Begründung ( der Irak stelle Massenvernichtungswaffen her )
überfiel und ca.1 Mio.Menschen darunter 100.00 Kinder tötete gab es eine Seite in der Bild , ansonsten als Entschuldigung,man habe sich eben mal geirrt .
—- Das war,s —- Wo blieb der –WELTENAUFSCHREI –???????? Was ist heute anders — Ist MORD nicht MORD ??????
Gibt es einen guten Mord und einen bösen Mord ?????????
Da es seit über 100 Jahren erklärte (mehrfach veröffentöichte) Politik Großbrtanniens (solange es noch das Imperium war) und nach dem 2. Welkrieg der USA war, dass Deutschland und Russland sich nicht friedlich verstehen sollen, damit die Welt für das (jeweilige) Imperium steuerbar und ausbeutbar bleibt, war m.E. die Politik Schröders und sogar Merkels (und es tut mir weh, zu Letzterer dies insoweit und darauf beschränkt einzuräumen) richtig war, eine friedliche Koexistenz und wirtschaftlichen Austausch mit Russland zu suchen. Das war ein Friedensprojekt, gerade gegen den Widerstand der USA (die schon die Gaspipline in den 60iger Jahren und Nordstream 1 in den 80iger Jahren zu verhindern suchten).
Leider fehlte beiden der Charakter, öffentlich laut und deutlich zu sagen, dass Deutschland (immer noch) ein bestztes Land ist, welches auf dem geostrategischen Schachbrett vom Imperium positioniert und – wenn zweckmäßig für Öl und Profit – als Bauernopfer vernichtet wird.
Das Imperium hat oft genug gezeigt vor Mord und Völkermord nicht zurüchzuschrecken, wenn es dem Dollar und der MAcht dienlich ist.
Ein sehr guter Bericht, der vollkommen sachlich die Wahrheit über diesen Krieg beschreibt. Ich höre nicht auf das was die Mainstream berichtet, sie dient nur zur Panikmache und sie verbreitet Lügen.
…ihre klaren Worte und Informationen habe ich in den vergangenen zwei Jahren immer wieder geschätzt, aber was der Maaßen sich da anmaßt zu kommentieren, was er da abseiht, ist pure Ideologie eines ausgemachten Reaktionärs… auffällig ist das Muster der Besserwisserei… Wie wäre es, sich mal an die eigene Nase zu fassen, statt die ollen Feindbilder aus dem Kalten Krieg auszukramen! Die wichtigste Frage ist doch an uns hierzulande zu richten: was läuft seit drei Jahrzehnten falsch in der bundesdeutschen, bzw. europäischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik? Statt einer aktiven Aussöhnung mit Russland, das den höchsten Blutzoll im zweiten Weltkrieg gezahlt hat, wurde das größte Land der Erde vom „Westen“ ins politische Abseits gestellt. Und diese Politik wird derzeit noch verschärft!!! Was glaubt ihr, was dabei heraus kommt?! Macht die Augen auf und schaut euch den Scherbenhaufen an. Heute Morgen in Berlin stehen Tausende aus der Ukraine für Sozialhilfe an. Fehler der Deutschen und europäischen Sicherheitspolitik werden nicht aufgearbeitet (siehe die Afghanische Tragödie) … Keine Selbstkritik, nur Geschwafel der Verantwortlichen (zu denen Maaßen ja auch jahrelang gehörte)… wer jetzt nach mehr Waffen schreit, und keine Vision von zukünftigen Beziehungen hat zu Russland, der stürzt uns dann Alle in den Abgrund….
Das ist nicht der erste sehr gute Kommentar von Herrn Maaßen. Ich folge ihm auch auf Twitter. Leider sehe ich ihn fast als Einzelkämpfer seiner Partei und es ist bedauerlich das es in seiner Partei nicht mehr von ihm gibt. Ich hoffe für Deutschlands Zukunft, dass ihm noch mehr folgen werden. Im Moment sehe ich diese Politiker aber eher in der AFD.
Dank geht auch an den Club der klaren Worte, macht weiter so.