Again...

 

This is what the run up to WWIII looks like:

Why Olaf Scholz is reluctant to send battle tanks to Ukraine

"The German chancellor wields huge influence not only because of the military and political ramifications of a decision by Europe’s most populous nation and largest economy to dispatch its own tanks to Ukraine. He also has authority to approve or veto the re-export of the German-made Leopard 2 tanks that are used by 13 armies across Europe."

"The German leader has repeatedly voiced concern over his country being perceived as escalating the conflict and provoking Putin, who has hinted he could resort to nuclear weapons. Recent polls suggest a majority of Germans are opposed to supplying Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks."

"But then Berlin began to deliver 

armoured vehicles, 

self-propelled howitzers 

and air defence systems."

"Last week he and Joe Biden, the US president, announced they would deliver 

infantry fighting vehicles: the US-made Bradley and German-made Marder. 

The move came a day after French president Emmanuel Macron said France would provide AMX-10 armoured vehicles — considered by some military analysts as “light tanks” — to Ukrainian forces."

'In an apparent attempt to up the pressure on Berlin, 

Britain announced this week that it was working on plans to send a small number of Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv.

Poland’s president Andrzej Duda also announced 

plans to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine’s army 

“as part of the building of an international coalition” — a step that would only be possible with German approval. A spokesman for Scholz said on Thursday that Berlin had not yet received a formal request to re-export German-made tanks.

(Just how in the world can you not see where this is headed?)

"Scholz’s reluctance has both confounded and angered his critics. Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag foreign affairs committee from the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), accused the chancellor of surrounding himself with “Russia romantics” who “want to sacrifice Ukraine”. Kiesewetter welcomed the statements from Warsaw and London and called on Berlin to “finally rethink its position” on tanks, adding: “We’ve been far too cautious.”

(Thats kinda been my thought all along, it's like trying to appease Hitler back in the day...It's not gonna work and there are no good options here...)