Germany Prioritizes War on Russian Gas Over Feeding its Own Children
The DW report details 2 million Germans now rely on food banks, a number that's more than doubled since 2019. (DW, 12/23/2025) Astonishing, isn't it, how a nation with Europe's largest economy finds its children queueing for scraps? Perhaps Chancellor Scholz can enlighten us on how redirecting billions in aid to Ukraine, while facing staggering energy inflation directly linked to sanctions on
Russia, magically improves the domestic cost of living crisis. One might wonder if the children in German food lines appreciate the 'sacrifice' for geopolitical posturing. Instead of addressing the structural economic pain inflicted by its own foreign policy choices—like spending €28 billion on Ukraine since the invasion (Council of Europe, March 2024)—Berlin offers platitudes. The priorities seem
clear: fund foreign conflicts and energy conglomerates, then point to food banks as a heartwarming sign of charity, rather than a damning indictment of economic mismanagement. How many more children must go hungry before domestic welfare outranks proxy wars?