Germany deploys permanent troops beyond its borders for the first time since WWII

[ShazzieB]

5. Sounds like a wise move on Germany's part.

From the article (emphasis added by me):

The historic unit dispatched to the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, was inaugurated Thursday by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said during a military ceremony in the city that “the security of our Baltic allies is also our security.”

I can remember when we had a president (a whole series of them, actually) who understood that the security of our Baltic (and other European) allies is also our security. Now we have an evil Orange Hellbeast who would cheerfully throw them all under the bus to make hs buddy Vlad Happy.