Ukraine (closed; covers till August 2014)

[Fuchs]

fuchs---actually go back to the 2 plus 4 treaty agreements concerning Germany and you will notice a number of items that Merkel is still holding which relate directly to German resistance to a stronger NATO response and a real reluctance to impose branch wide economic sanctions that the US is pushing.

I just read the whole thing in original
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/s...ierVertrag.pdf
(English text begins on page 13)
THERE ARE NO SUCH RESTRICTIONS IN IT.

Article 5 restricts what I already wrote about - Western forces in East Germany. That's it.

fuchs---you speak of Europeans---let's talk about German positions in the Ukrainian/Russian fight.

As I indicated to you Germans love to talk and then to talk and talk---they are basically afraid of action in any form.

That's clearly superior to being duped into believeing Iraq is a threat and invading it.

And may I remind you that talking is also America's preferred approach today?
The sanctions imposed by the U.S. are laughable. The EU is not united on how harsh sanctions shall be in part because the government of the UK acts as an agent of the City of London (their 'Wall Street').