All right, Alexander, let's talk about the announcement from German Chancellor Mertz that long-range missiles have now been approved by Germany, the UK, France, and he said even the U.S.

Or at least, or he said the restrictions on long-range missile

strikes into Russian territory has been lifted.

But this is not really new news from Mertz.

He's playing games, and this was a walkback, I believe, by the vice chancellor, and maybe even Mertz is now walking

this back. Anyway, get into this announcement from Mertz, and why do you think Mertz is making

these statements? What's the reason for him making these statements? He surely knows that what

he announced is nothing new. So why is he

making these announcements? I mean, what he is referencing is the decision that the Biden administration

took last year and which became effective in November to authorise deep strikes into Russia.

That's clearly what he's talking about.

And in the typically incompetent way that he does, he took that announcement to make it appear

as if the United States had suddenly turned round and endorsed

the supply of tourist missiles by Germany to Ukraine, which I think was not strictly true.

Now, I get to say this, I think the tourist missiles are already in Ukraine. I think as soon

as Mertz became Chancellor, he probably transferred those

terrorist missiles to Ukraine. There are probably still problems getting those tourist missiles operated,

because firstly, you need the Germans themselves there to operate them, and I suspect that they

require American proprietary software and information, and the United States might be reluctant to provide that.

And I suspect...

The US has said as much, actually, Alexander, that they have US components and they need US approval.

Exactly.

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