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Originally posted by: dude1394
Well, it's time that germany decided on these issues for themselves without mother-hen hovering. It has been quite a dissappointment to have our allies work against us. It has broken a trust and those are hard to get back.
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Well it didn´t have anything to do with mother hen-hovering. Actually until 1990 both the BRD and the DDR were the focal point of the cold war. Up until that point there were still troops of the big4 allies in WWII stationed in both parts of Germany. Basicly we weren`t allowed to make any desicions on our own when it came to our security up to this point. We still aren`t a permanent member of world security council (don`t know the exact name in english).
The US as well as the Brits, French and Russians didn`t keep their troops in Germany only to protect us. They were also following their own power interests in a big way. For example the reunification of Germany nearly fell through because of Frances veto.
As for working against you. That´s simply not true, please check your facts. You were attacked by terrorists located in Afghanistan and Germany was among the first countrys to offer support in the following fight against terror. We are still backing you in that fight all over the world. It`s just that our governement and most people here happen to think that the war against Iraq has got nothing to do with that fight. If you go to war with Iraq that is actually your buisiness. They did not attack you, they had nothing to do with 9/11 and they didn`t even have weapons of mass destruction (despite all that I was actually not against that war, but that`s a different story IMO, again it´s no part of the war on terror). So I think us not being engaged in that war has got nothing to do with letting you down.