German chancellor just doesn't want to send tanks to Ukraine

Olaf Scholtz, the rather demure not very inspiring Chancellor of Germany is desperately trying to think of any way he can avoid having to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. He is so worried about upsetting Vladimir Putin that he is still prevaricating about providing these advanced tanks for the Ukrainian military. Poland and other Nato countries which have Leopard 2s would be happy to send them to Kyiv but first they need legal authority from Germany and the Berlin government simply won't give it. Then Berlin came up with the daft idea of agreeing to send Leopard 2s only if the US first supplied its Abrams M1 battle tanks. But the Pentagon had already made it clear that these tanks were not right for Ukraine. They have gas turbine engines and have to be carefully and regularly maintained whereas Leopard 2s like the British Challenger 2s and Soviet-made T-7s which Ukraine already has, run on diesel which makes life on the battlefield a helluva lot simpler. Berlin knew all about this argument but still insisted on making the US reluctance to supply Abrams as justification for not sending Leopard 2s, or allowing Poland to donate the ones they have. Now after a big meeting in Germany of 50 defence ministers representing the countries helping to arm Ukraine, Scholtz said he would consider sending his tanks provided the whole of the Nato alliance agreed. For God's sake can't he make up his mind on his own without forming a Nato wall around him. Putin must be laughing his head off.