US/NATO War on Russia

[Peter Presland]

Germany, unlike Britain, retains elements of an opposition, and some (slight) voice in the mainstream discourse:

I found that really quite refreshing. Pols speaking usually drive me to suicide, but that was an exception.

I found it quite refreshing too.

But with a rueful smile at the obligatory scene-setting gyrations: The need to equate Putin's alleged militarism with that of NATO; Putin is a bad man; WWII victor's history an unquestioned given etc etc.

Still, as Paul says, there is an element of genuine opposition in the Bundestag. No doubt given voice by a deeply uneasy sense of deja-vu among those with any understanding of real history.

I also found the body language of Merkel and the 'advisor'? to her right, plus the stony-faced silence of the assembled members to the right of the video frame telling.