A new poll about a planned US missile deployment to Germany shows that more Germans are opposed to the idea than favor it.
The US recently announced that starting in 2026, it will be deploying missile systems that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which prohibited land-based missile systems with a range between 310 and 3,400 miles.
The poll, conducted by the Forsa Institute, found that 49% of Germans think the new missile deployment is “not right,” while 45% support the idea. Opposition is stronger among Germans living in states that used to be East Germany, with 74% of them against the plan.
The US announced the deployment in a joint statement with Germany, but German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing opposition to the plan from within his own party and coalition government.
“Not every weapon makes Germany immediately safer,” Rolf Mützenich, the parliamentary leader of Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SDP), told POLITICO. Mützenich previously warned that the “danger of an unintentional military escalation is considerable.”
Senior members of the SDP who are concerned about the deployment said they would call a debate about it in September. “The current debate surrounding the announced stationing of long-range conventional weapons systems in Germany concerns us all,” they said in a note seen by POLITICO.
The US announced its deployment would include Tomahawk missiles, which are nuclear-capable and have a range of over 1,000 miles. Tomahawks are typically used on US Navy destroyers and submarines since a land-based version was banned by the INF.
The US also said it will send SM-6 missiles to Germany, which signals it’s planning to deploy a Typhon missile system. The Typhon is a covert system concealed in a 40-foot shipping container that can fire Tomahawks and SM-6 missiles. The SM-6 can hit targets up to 290 miles away, below the levels previously banned by the INF.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed Russia will respond to the deployment by ending its moratorium on deploying missiles previously banned by the INF. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said he wouldn’t rule out the idea of Moscow deploying nuclear-armed missiles in response.
GEE, I wonder what RUSSIA would do if a NUCLEAR STRIKE from GERMANY DETONATED IN RUSSIA…….?????? BYE BYE BERLIN!!
That's OK, all the important people will be in NATO fallout shelters, who cares about the hoi polloi?
I know that propaganda is intense in Germany, but why do so many want to become part of an American inspired nuclear war?
While at the same time, trying to protect Earth from a "Clim8 Cri$i$."
"Opposition is stronger among Germans living in states that used to be East Germany, with 74% of them against the plan."
So…… the people in Western Germany are in favor of these missiles being placed in Eastern Germany. The people in Eastern Germany are opposed to these missiles being placed near their homes. Seems pretty sensible to me.
They know the Russians and their polity very well; and recently they've come to knowledge of Washington. So, it could also be read to signify a kinda referendum.
The West Germans are not in favor, they know to fight and demonstrate is useless from experience and they grew up brainwashed about the holy NATO "alliance", as it is called.
They are being brainwashed now to accept NATO to defend American interests in the Pacific.
People should protest Scholz's idea of deploying missiles in Germany and other policies and should do it outside his home
Deploy one of the missiles in his back yard. Give Russia coordinates.
Actually, he has nothing to say, he said nothing when the US blew up the pipeline.
He is the German Abbas type the Palestinian serving the Israelis on the WB.
They demonstrated against Pershing missiles too, it changed really nothing. The occupier still has thousands of troops in Germany they could be used against the people and the Germans could not stop it. The US would use guns against the public, we can be sure.
Reminds me of a movie theme featuring loving, devoted husbands that go out of their way for their wives. …No, of course I didn't see the movies. A friend did.
"…49% of Germans think the new missile deployment is “not right,” while 45% support the idea." LOL. …No. I'm not laughing from the results. I'm laughing from the "Germans think."
German people are as manipulated as Americans are. How evil American rulers really are is news to most Americans, how dominating the USA occupation in Germany still is is news to most Germans.
Many Americans know of the brutal genocide in Gaza, supported and funded by the USA POLITICAL ELITE,useful idiots serving Israel but can't admit it to be true.
Mind Control dial stuck and broken at maximum position.
Germans oppose the missile deployment.
GERMANY is fine with it.
Noteworthy distinction.
A short video for those confused by that distinction.
Ahem, occupation.
Scholz and his coalition are useful idiots as well as a nonexistent CDU opposition, for the US. The same forces that put Trump and Biden in power put Scholz in power in Germany. They also worked on smaller nations like Sweden and Finland to give up their neutrality and are putting pressure on neutral Switzerland to join NATO.
Look at that? Some backbone from the Germans. I guess not al killed off during WW2.
while 45% support the idea.
Talk about a buzz kill after reading the headline. They must have pretty good propaganda machine to be able to dupe so many people.
They do, the once reputable media is fully on track serving the government USA narrative, they can't hide the occupational US power much longer. The once great party SPD is not worth mentioning anymore, the long time majority party CDU is not even a functioning opposition party. Germany is nearing the status of a failed state. The USA is using NATO to destroy Europe, the USA is leaving death and destruction all over the globe, where ever they go, they leave nothing but blood and tears in their wake.
Germans should show bravery, come to streets, stand up for their country and protest this nonsense…! They're being targeted by the US…!
It is likely to happen when the costs of energy without subsidies will really hit the people. There will be nothing to lose to demonstrate.
Be smart Olaf. Don’t become a target for Russian nukes.
They already are targets, Rammstein, the biggest American AB is a big target already and close by is the biggest new military hospital. That looks like using the Hospital to protect the AB against nuclear attacks. It is also close to the French and the BENELUX BORDERS.
Olaf's SPD is shriveled to almost nothing, he is another Zelensky. Basically the German government is as insane as the American government is, like identical twins serving the ruling donor class who put them in power.
Not to forget Germany is still an occupied nation, with the pretension to be sovereign. The first WW was meant to destroy Germany, a third WW would be the end of Germany and Europe.
As if the opinion of the german herd of MMS/3i's matter to the case in point.
It doesn't matter what voters think, no matter where they are. Voting is a relic, and so are polls.
Scholz is a puppet. His priorities are pleasing his masters. Blackmail and intimidation work.