Germany seems to be in NATO for all of the benefits without any of the downside. This failure by the German government, along with their trade and pussy-footing about Iran’s nuclear program, reminds me of the bitter days when they helped give Saddam the delusion that the world would stop the US from ending his dictatorship. Germany is not behaving like a partner in a military alliance, which obviously includes taking risks.
True to a certain extent. I live here and believe some Germans what to do more but politically it is almost impossible. The citizens have been raised to believe that US and power projection is BAD. Talk and compromise is GOOD. Most of them think Third World conditions is when the toilet paper is rough or has run out!
If you recall back in the summer, some of the terrorist in Germany were ordered to “attack something NOW”. Why? I think we had spooked all the bad guys out of their “training camps” and into Tora Bora where we proceeded to kick collective ass. Now if they could get the Germans who to an extent blocked an escape route to leave they could run. They knew that an attack, any attack, would have the Germans up in arms to get out now.
I think the German government is doing much more to help in the WOT, but, they must do it on the QT. JMHO