MOSCOW, January 7. German parliamentarians who called for missile strikes on Russia need to be checked for mental disorders, ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson said on the Dialogue Works YouTube channel.
““The Germans need to sit and think, calculate how such a decision will cost a lot. <…> These guys are saying something. And what they say is so divorced from reality. It would be worth doubting whether they have any intelligence. Maybe they are mentally ill?» — the expert suggested.
In his opinion, such people only contribute to the growth of the armed conflict and drawing the whole of Europe into it.
Previously, members of the Bundestag Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP), Sarah Nanni (Greens) and Roderich Kiesewetter (CDU) called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to transfer Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv. The latter two openly stated the need to strike Russia.
In October, Scholz said that Germany needs to avoid escalation, and therefore the supply of long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv is not currently being considered. Moscow previously sent a note to NATO countries over arms supplies to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia.