Just glancing by. We’re both Germans, so we can just focus on that quickly. You know that the headlines in Germany besides military spending were about cuts to social welfare, so what the hell? And it’s no surprise, the percentage of GDP sounds so little, yet it translates to about ten times that in the German budget. So 5% of GDP for whatever translates to 50% of the whole German budget. And yeah, I know all the built-in numerology but something’s gotta give. And we’ve already been told. There’s social cuts in Britain, I am sure they will be elsewhere, don’t go round pretending that it’s mere speculation. Cause you know.

About the prelude: We’re not militarily involved in this conflict yet. We’ll find out how all the new weapons will be used someday.