Germany Still Means No Worthy Ally

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The old saying “no means no“ held true this week in Istanbul as Chancellor Gerhard Schröder stuck by his refusal to send German troops to Iraq despite pleas from President George Bush for NATO involvement in the war-torn country.
“We haven't budged at all from our position,“ Schröder told reporters, referring to his government's categorical 'no' to sending Bundeswehr soldiers to Iraq.
When the two-day NATO summit came to an end Tuesday, Bush had accepted Schröder's offer to train high ranking Iraqi officers in Germany and to continue training Iraqi police in the United Arab Emirates.
Schröder called the summit a success and said that past conflicts stemming from the United States' decision to invade Iraq with a “coalition of the willing“ in March 2003 had been laid to rest.
“Some have learned that you can win a war alone, but not peace,“ he said, without directly mentioning the United States or Britain.

I said it before and I say it again: What an asshole!

Schröder ruled out increasing the amount of German soldiers in Afghanistan beyond the 2,250 approved in a mandate passed by the Bundestag parliament. Germany has about 1,960 soldiers currently stationed in Afghanistan as part of ISAF, and with over 4,700 Bundeswehr soldiers already in the Balkans, the defense ministry has stressed that the army is already overextended.

We have 80 Million people and demand a seat in the U.N. security council, but the army is 'already overextended' with a few thousand soldiers hiding in Kabul or sitting on their hands in the Balkans. No wonder that we are no primary target of AQ.

Why don't the Nederlands or Luxemburg come to enable regime change in Germany while the Bundeswehr overreachs herself in military 'adventures' overseas? I would welcome them with flowers.