“The wrong man in the wrong job at the wrong time” sums it up perfectly by British Defence Minister Ben Wallace. I am aware of the German hesitance for becoming involved in the Ukraine/Russian war. Putin has invoked the whole Nazi narrative to sell his war to Russians, let’s get serious here – this is a total lie and everyone knows it.  

Scholz started ok by announcing a change in German defence policy, then it went downhill from there. German funds have made it to Ukraine, Germany acknowledges the seriousness of the situation, the German government surely comprehends that if Ukraine falls, the rest of Europe is in peril as Putin will be emboldened to escalate his war against European countries. 

Germany has committed combat ready battalions to Lithuania, the thread to NATO countries is real. Whilst I am aware of the whole nuclear escalation fear, Russia has threatened western nations throughout the course of the war. This puts German troops close to the Russian border, yet the German government is not supplying their most potent weapons to Ukraine. 

The Tarus stealth missile is highly effective, the Tarus has twice the range of the British Storm Shadow and French Scalp missiles. Ukraine has effectively used these missiles to hit targets in Ukraine, this has not escalated the threat. Where Scholz buggered up is by implying British and French troops are operating in-country to prepare and program these missiles. Now this is an action that could threaten escalation by Russia.   

It is still difficult to believe sensitive British and French military information was leaked to the Russians by German Luftwaffe officers discussing the potential of delivering German Tarus missiles to Ukraine on an unsecured video call. Their call directly contradicts Scholz’s claims that German military personnel would be required to be deployed in Ukraine to program these missiles. Scholz made claims that were directly contradicted by military personnel, there are claims Scholz is understating the effectiveness of the weapon betraying Ukraine and Europe.