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Afghanistan
Germany will not join Afghan offensive
2006-06-16
German troops stationed in Afghanistan will not take part in a US led offensive against the Taliban in their southern heartland for now, Germany's defence minister said on Thursday. Speaking on ARD television, Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said that German forces, currently concentrated in the north of the country, would remain focused on their redevelopment activities there. "The German government will be involved in this operation," Jung said. "We have taken over responsibility for five redevelopment teams in the north."

"Unfortunately we have found that terror attacks are still taking place there and therefore it is necessary to prepare our soldiers for these extraordinary situations." Jung noted that German troops are currently only involved in redevelopment and stabilisation, rather than the fight against terrorism.
Posted by:Fred

#10  What happened to the so-called "acceptable" war in Afganistan (as compared to our so-called imperialist invasion of Iraq)?

A new century but the same pussies.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-06-16 23:08  

#9  The German press are much worse than the Americans in terms of assumptions and willingness to believe blatant lies. They make no pretense to being balanced or fair -- every news outlet has a known position and sticks to it regardless of reality, like the French outlets. And they are dreadfully self-rightious about the whole thing -- I don't even want to think how many times when we lived over there, friends would say the most absurdly obnoxious things about Americans, then follow up with, "Oh, but not you, trailing wife! One would never even guess you were American!" (Which was true -- apparently on first impression I appeared local, wherever I was people assumed I was from the next village or two over.) And yet Germans nontheless believe everything they read in print or see on the television news, much like Americans believed Walter Cronkite a generation ago.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-16 16:23  

#8  This is different from the American media? How?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-06-16 15:57  

#7  The problem is not that they are wuzzes. The problem is that they free ride off of our defense investment while at the same time adopting offensively consdescending attitudes towards us. TV and news magazines that are owned in part by the German government spew vile anti-American hatred -- along with distored reporting of events.
Posted by: lotp   2006-06-16 15:46  

#6  Pardon me gentleman, but having the Germans as wuzzes after a couple hundred years of militarism and the high points of the 20th Century [WWI and WWII] is not a bad idea. But, that just may be me.
Posted by: Ebbiling Phereter5196   2006-06-16 15:44  

#5  Apparently they have also been of substantial assistance in intelligence activities that don't garner the headlines.

A third of the Germans are from the East and were raised to assume everyone is a spy and the enemy is the Americans. The place is a mess. The worst thing BushI ever did was to allow reunification.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-06-16 10:32  

#4  having a german force deployed abroad in a country where a war is happening is enough of a stretch. I wouldnt expect them to go beyond their reconstruction and peacekeeping in the north for the offensives in the south, not at this point. Im glad theyre there, in the north, freeing Brits and Canadians for the fighting.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-06-16 09:51  

#3  Is this true? If not, then let's hear it from some reliable source.

If so, then just go the fuck home. It is farce for component forces to expect to pick and choose what missions or responsibilities they will accept. Your decision renders your force unreliable and deleterious.

We recognize it's a leadership problem, the individual soldiers aren't cowards, but military forces must act cooperatively, not as individuals. Thanks to your gutless leadership, you're less than worthless.

Be gone. Stay gone.

Where and when the rubber meets the road, you'd never know Shroeder's gone.
Posted by: Sholurt Clomoling7310   2006-06-16 02:58  

#2  I think Patton said "The Hun is either at your feet or at your throat." Looks like they've assumed the supine position.
Posted by: Grumble Thrirong5141   2006-06-16 01:42  

#1  What bullshit!
Posted by: Captain America   2006-06-16 00:36  

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