Diplomacy is a profession , an art maybe. Scholz is not mastering it and doesn't think about deterrence and deliberate/strategic ambiguity etc. Instead he makes absolutely clear Russia does not need to fear NATO troops and weapons in any context in Ukraine. True maybe, but why make Putin more secure and confident ?
Maybe he should agree a pact like in the Molotov-Ribbentrop days (being cynical here). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_of_deliberate_ambiguity
@ErikJonker@geopolitics I believe a sovereign nation should never publicly rule out any meanings of war. Russia must be aware that with, or without the US (initially), some nations will not tolerate its constant attacks on other sovereign nations because it's known how that ends: a far more bloody and widespread conflict.
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