Thursday, October 22, 2009

New German Government Wants U.S. Nukes Out


From Foreign Policy Blog:

Reuters has printed excerpts from the coalition agreement between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's free democrats, which includes the following paragraph:

"we will strive within (NATO) and with our American allies for a withdrawal of the last U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany."

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My Comment: It is interesting that this is an issue now. I am sure that if they want these weapons out .... they will be removed. What I find interesting is that this is a reflection of how much NATO has changed in the past ten years. Europe wants to go there own way, and U.S. involvement is no longer appreciated nor wanted.

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