The tragedy of Scholz's failure over Leopards for Ukraine

Contradictory, inconsistent, historically insensitive, morally problematic, disingenuous and counter-productive (but otherwise, just fine...)

Jan 22, 2023

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The tragedy of Scholz's failure over Leopards for Ukraine

As a long-time admirer of democratic Germany, I have been deeply depressed and dismayed this week by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's refusal to allow German Leopard 2 tanks to be sent to Ukraine. Here are just…

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