What nation serious about its security in the 21st century will want to partner with the Germans after this appalling deficit of leadership and strategic courage?įinally, it is torturous because Ukrainian soldiers are dying on the battlefield because they are being forced to use much older Soviet-era tanks. Not only has he procrastinated for months on the dispatch of these vehicles to Ukraine, he has declined to allow third parties to transfer their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

It is torturous too because of the total lack of courage and will from the leader of Germany. It was an excuse entirely absent when these tanks were sold to Iraq, Egypt and Australia - all of whom possess very light military logistic capabilities. It has been difficult for several reasons.įirst, the lack of evidence in the excuses emerging from the US about their main battle tank, the M1 Abrams, as ‘too complex’ to support in Ukraine.

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a torturous debate in Europe and the United States over the provision of modern, western main battle tanks to Ukraine. Ukrainian tank driver - ready to advance (Source: on Twitter)

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