Last night, via the Anne Will public forum show (live) on ARD (Channel One, public TV).....the topic was 'Bigger NATO, more weapons, right solution to Putin's war'.
At some point, a retired German military officer (Roderich Kiesewetter, CDU Party member) made the comment: "I'm afraid the Chancellor doesn't want Ukraine to win this war."
Yeah, it kinda generated some heartburn among the guests on the show.
Over the past month, you can generally say (as a German) that the Chancellor and key members of the SPD Party aren't that hyped up to provide weapons to the Ukraine.
You can divide this among three general political beliefs: (1) no one wants Russia to start a terror war in Germany, (2) there's fear of nuke war, and (3) this is all pretty crazy and unscripted....so no one is sure about a success formula to end the mess.
About three times a day, if you watch public TV news (ZDF or ARD).....there's some expert analyst who hypes up the idea of a peace talks period. Naturally, they will hint that Russia must feel like they 'won' (they never explain what they won). Then the conversation will evolve into the Nazi business....that Russia must feel like the Nazi threat is finished. And finally, maybe giving up territory isn't a bad deal for the Ukraine.
If you asked the general outcome of the hour-long public forum? You can view it yourself here.
I would say that two things came out of the discussion group: (1) lot of talk over 'wait-and-see' attitude in the government (lot of Merkel behavior at play), and (2) it is a serious drain on the economy....triggering five-star recession issues.
As for viewers? Well....I'm not that sure that they had more than three or four million Germans viewing this, or reacting to it.
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