German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has shown himself open to a debate on the planned deployment of long-range US weapons in Germany. “[The debate is] important so that we as a society can, after weighing all the arguments, come to a position that we can all live with,” the Social Democrat (SPD) politician told the broadsheet daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). “We need this public debate to make it clear how serious the situation is: On the one hand, we are experiencing a new threat situation in Europe due to the aggressive stance of Russia, and on the other hand, we have a capabi…