Berlin blocks two major French armament contracts in Saudi Arabia

[dead0man]

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Good job Germany.

[LastVoter]

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Good job Germany.

But you have no problem with US selling weapons to their puppet state, correct?

[dead0man]

I have no idea what sort of "gothcha!" you think you've got me in here.  You want to lay a couple of more cards down so I know what you're talking about?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Isn't Germany itself one of the biggest weapons sellers in the world? I'm all in favor of preventing democracies from dishonoring themselves by selling weapons to reactionary regimes like Saudi Arabia, but I doubt Germany really has a moral high ground there.

[dead0man]

Germany is certainly one of the biggest arms sellers in the world, but if they don't sell sh**t to S.Arabia and the like they might still have the moral high ground.  I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that the royal Saudis have asked for 6-800 Leopards, but so far the Germans are balking despite the fact that the order would ensure the Germans are still major players in the MBT game.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I might be wrong, but I vaguely remember reading that they actually sold a lot of stuff to Russia.

[Platypus]

Pet peeve: Berlin didn't do this, either Germany did, or the German government. Maybe the Reichstag.

[dead0man]

I might be wrong, but I vaguely remember reading that they actually sold a lot of stuff to Russia.

I can't find anything one way or the other.  Perhaps my Google Fu is weak today.

[GMantis]

I might be wrong, but I vaguely remember reading that they actually sold a lot of stuff to Russia.

That is not all comparable to Saudi Arabia.

[MaxQue]

Pet peeve: Berlin didn't do this, either Germany did, or the German government. Maybe the Reichstag.

Since those are for military use, it needs a autorisation of the German Defence Ministry, which wasn't given yet.

[Silent Hunter]

Since those are for military use, it needs a autorisation of the German Defence Ministry, which wasn't given yet.

Which actually has its primary headquarters in Bonn. However, 'Berlin' is an acceptable shorthand for the German government.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Pet peeve: Berlin didn't do this, either Germany did, or the German government. Maybe the Reichstag.

Pet peeve II: Reichstag is just the name of a building and as such an inanimate object. Short of collapsing, buildings don't do anything either.

[Antonio the Sixth]

If there is a country in the world where using the capital as a shorthand for the national government makes no sense, this is definitely Germany.

[MaxQue]

Pet peeve: Berlin didn't do this, either Germany did, or the German government. Maybe the Reichstag.

Pet peeve II: The Reichstag is just the name of a building and as such an inanimate object. Short of collapsing, buildings don't do anything either.

Can we say the "House of Commons" in UK and Canada, then? It isn't a building.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The German Parliament isn't called "Reichstag" though. Not since 1945.

[Simfan34]

The Bundeskanzlei, then.

[Lief 🗽]

Pet peeve: Berlin didn't do this, either Germany did, or the German government. Maybe the Reichstag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy

[Simfan34]

Pet peeve: Berlin didn't do this, either Germany did, or the German government. Maybe the Reichstag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy

He's being pedantic. Pointing out the German legislature is not the Reichstag and all.

[Middle-aged Europe]

The Bundeskanzlei, then.

No such thing. Only a Bundeskanzleramt (which is in fact both a government agency and a bulding).