Germany's 'National Interest' and Fragile
Support for Israel
Posted By: 4250Luis, 4/7/2026 5:52:16 PM
This historic responsibility of Germany is part of my country's Staatsräson. That means, for me as German Chancellor, the security of Israel is never negotiable. And if that is the case, then these must not remain empty words in the hour of truth." — Germany's then Chancellor Angela Merkel, March 18, 2008. "What the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip, I no longer understand the goal..." —German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, May 2025. Perhaps if German children had been beheaded or burned alive in their beds on October 7, 2023, he would have a clearer understanding of Israel's "goal" in the Gaza Strip.
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Both President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth invoked God Monday during a White House press conference detailing the rescues of two U.S. airmen whose F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran.
“God was watching us—amazing,” Trump said, noting that it happened around “Easter territory.”
The entire ordeal played out over Easter weekend, beginning with the traumatic shootdown of the fighter jet on Good Friday and concluding with the dramatic rescue of the second airman on Easter Sunday.
“When you go into these areas, you don’t come out like we came out. God was watching us, I tell you,” the president said.
This historic responsibility of Germany is part of my country's Staatsräson. That means, for me as German Chancellor, the security of Israel is never negotiable. And if that is the case, then these must not remain empty words in the hour of truth." — Germany's then Chancellor Angela Merkel, March 18, 2008.
"What the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip, I no longer understand the goal..." —German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, May 2025.
Perhaps if German children had been beheaded or burned alive in their beds on October 7, 2023, he would have a clearer understanding of Israel's "goal" in the Gaza Strip.
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Pope Leo's Flawed War Doctrine
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“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump warned. “However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?”
“We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World,” the president added. “47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!”