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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,859 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:41 PM Monday

Germany's Merz says Iran is humiliating US as talks stall

BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials ‌to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke ‌over the conflict.

Merz also said he not see what exit strategy the U.S. was pursuing in the Iran war - ​comments that underlined deep divisions between Washington and its European NATO allies, which had already been festering over Ukraine and other issues.

"The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result," he ‌said during a talk to students ⁠in the town of Marsberg.

"An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that ⁠this ends as quickly as possible," he added at the venue in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/germany39s-merz-says-iran-is-humiliating-us-as-talks-stall-124459538.html

No, they're exposing Trump for the idiot he is.

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Germany's Merz says Iran is humiliating US as talks stall (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
NATO standing up to TrumpenFuhrer, outstanding! NoMoreRepugs Monday #1
der drumphenfuehrer. niyad Monday #6
Art of the Botched Deal C_U_L8R Monday #2
I guess Iran doesn't want to "Pull a Germany" WarGamer Monday #3
TY Kick for German Chancellor Metz. nt Cha Monday #4
Perhaps, but it's not like the US has any real leverage. nilram Monday #5

WarGamer

(18,814 posts)
3. I guess Iran doesn't want to "Pull a Germany"
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:56 PM
Monday

Wave the white flag and invite the asiatic horde to rape and pillage the cities, towns and villages without an ounce of resistance.

nilram

(3,561 posts)
5. Perhaps, but it's not like the US has any real leverage.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:22 PM
Monday

We started the war, we've done the damage, but the administration doesn't want to accept responsibility for it, and doesn't think of any meaningful compromise. Really quite lame.

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