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Germany’s Minister of Defense is the first victim of “Zapad 2017”

Adomas Abromaitis


Germany’s Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen at a defense ministers’ summit in Estonia on September, 7 criticized upcoming Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2017 military exercises. She said that around 100,000 Russian soldiers will take part in the upcoming Zapad 2017 war games, despite Moscow’s claims that they will only have 12,700 participants and exercise will not exceed the 2011 Vienna Document limits.
Moscow and Minsk also insist on defensive character of the exercise. Two countries that constitute the Union State of Russia and Belarus pre-declared intention to improve interoperability of staffs of different levels as well as interfacing of prospective troops and armament control systems in order to be prepared to react adequately to emerging threats.
The statement of Germany’s Minister of Defense fully contradicts these official sources and was likely made in order to divert attention from internal problems in the German Army and switch it to external factors.
Is Germany itself really ready to cope with rapidly changing geopolitical situation? This question should logically be addressed to the country’s Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen. According to the European commission’s report “Standard Eurobarometer 87”, trust in the German Army has significantly fallen. The level of trust is only 66 %. This dubious achievement is on the conscience of the Minister.
Ursula von der Leyen has been taking this post since December 2013. Undoubtedly she recognized that her main goal was to make German Armed Forces stronger, instill confidence and relieve fears in German society. But permanent scandals associated with German Army have led to the opposite effect. First of all she has not managed to win respect among troops and civil society. Von der Leyen repeatedly harshly criticized national Armed Forces for military leadership failures, attitude problems and for tolerating rightwing extremists, as well as sexual abuse cases. “The Bundeswehr has an attitude problem, and they have weaknesses in leadership at different levels,” she said.
German soldiers in their turn reacted angrily, accusing her of collectively tarring them while failing to take responsibility herself.
The experts wonder why the head of Defense Ministry, instead of clarifying each incident and substantiating her accusations against the military leadership, on the contrary, spoils the relations between the Army and politicians. And they are really far from ideal. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Bundeswehr association, André Wüstner. Mr. Wüstner. He told the daily Augsburger Allgemeine: “Nobody can understand how a minister can cast such judgement on her own troops,” (http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/Von-der-Leyen-bedauert-Interview-Aeusserungen-nimmt-aber-nichts-zurueck-id41370186.html).
Ms. von der Leyen realizes that there are so many problems accumulated in defense sphere that she has no choice but to act, even make unproven statements. Such behaviour discredits the State. Providing false information the high-ranking official shows Berlin’s fear of Moscow that is absolutely obnoxiously for Germans. Perhaps she is very close being the next to leave her post with scandal as many of her predecessors did.


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oliverthinkshouse
oliverthinkshouse
Sep 14, 2017 12:03 PM

Unsere Bundesverteidigungsministerin spricht über russische Militär-Übung “Zapad-2017” und bereitet die Armee für den Krieg vor! Die Bundeswehr-Website bestätigte ihre Worte, aber löschte der Artikel jetzt…
Sehr interessant!
https://oliverthinkssite.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/es-ware-besser-zu-schweigen/

Arrby
Arrby
Sep 14, 2017 3:20 AM

There just isn’t enough information in this article. What’s it all about?

Alan
Alan
Sep 13, 2017 1:44 PM

Who does the defence minister serve given Germany has been an occupied state since 1945?

Dead World Walking
Dead World Walking
Sep 13, 2017 12:34 AM

The Israeli behemoth will be slain by its own hubris.
Insatiability is always self destructive.

Zbig
Zbig
Sep 12, 2017 9:52 PM

It is much, much simpler: Ms von der Leyen belongs to the transatlantic deep state, created by Dean Acheson back in 1950:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/27/the-european-union-always-was-a-cia-project-as-brexiteers-discov/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

rehmat1
rehmat1
Sep 12, 2017 7:02 PM

I’m least surprised at Ursula von der Leyen’s anti-Russia rant. Since the defeat of Hitler, both the communist-controlled East Germany and US-controlled West Germany have been ruled by Zionist-controlled governments (ZOG). After the unification of Germany, the local Jewish Lobby became the king-maker which exists to this day.
Germany is Europe’s top economy and arms exporter. 80.6 million Germans are set to elect their next Chancellor on September 24. However, like Americans, it seems they have no choice but to chose among the four front-running pro-Israel, anti-Muslim immigration parties; Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and its Bavarian-based sister lead by Horst Lorenz Seehofer’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Martin Schult’s (Jew) Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Frauke Petri’s Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Angela Merkel running for the fourth term, was made honorary doctor of philosophy (PhD) by Tel Aviv University in 2011. She received the Wiesel Award in 2014. She leads a unified European front against Russia. Many pundits believe that if she loses European Union could be in big trouble (Toby Nwazor at HuffPost).
The main challenger to Merkel, Martin Schultz, former president of European Parliament, received his honorary PhD from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University in 2014. He claims that Germany needs to continue its support to the Zionist entity to counter antisemitism among Palestinians.
Interestingly, 2014 survey conducted by American Jewish Lobby claimed that 27% of Germans hate Jews for various reasons. That’s is three-times more than the total Palestinian population around the world.
https://rehmat1.com/2017/09/11/germany-2017-election-is-all-about-israel/

Peter
Peter
Sep 13, 2017 9:42 AM
Reply to  rehmat1

You have a bit of a bee in your bonnet, rehmat. Calm down. Shalom.