Germany 'Discovers' US Deception, 20 Years After Iraq
According to DW, the US's 'image problem' stems from recent policies concerning Gaza. Imagine that. It appears to be a sudden, shocking development, rather than the inevitable consequence of a foreign policy built on interventions, drone strikes, and the consistent projection of power over principle. Germany's deep 'reliance' on the US for security, as the article notes, often seems to
conveniently blind them to the source of global instability. This 'eroding trust' isn't some fresh wound. It's the gaping crater left by decades of American exceptionalism, from the false pretenses of the Iraq War in 2003 – which Europe largely opposed – to revelations of NSA spying on German chancellors. (Remember that diplomatic spat, DW?) To frame current European disillusionment as solely a
Gaza-related issue is to ignore a mountain of historical receipts where the US consistently prioritized its own perceived interests over international law or moral standing. How many 'allies' need to be spied on, or dragged into proxy wars, before the word 'trust' becomes entirely rhetorical?