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Is Europe anti-semitic?
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Last Activity January 6, 2009 12:25 PM 47 replies, 2734 viewings |
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| Posted: November 20, 2008 6:20 PM | Post #162501—in reply to #162359 | |
John Bunch Elite Veteran    Mother tongue: English Posts: 674 Joined: February 1, 2008 Location: United States | We Americans never wanted the Germans to be pacifists. We wanted them in NATO. Or am I missing something ? [Edited by John Bunch on November 20, 2008 6:22 PM] | |
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| Posted: November 20, 2008 7:25 PM | Post #162503—in reply to #162501 | |
| Harry Bornemann TC Master  Elite Veteran Mother tongue: German Posts: 615 Joined: December 31, 2002 Location: Germany |
Being in the NATO means to be obliged to defend a member when he is attacked. For the Afghanistan war, the controlled demolition of 9/11 was "sold" as such an attack from the world wide terrorism, centered in Afghanistan. We all remember the heroic image of the Taliban as long as they fought the Russian occupiers, but as soon as they fought the US occupiers, they seemed to have suddenly turned into monsters. I still don't understand the attack on Afghanistan, and the attack on Irak is even less understandable. | |
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| Posted: November 21, 2008 10:43 AM | Post #162582—in reply to #162501 | |
David Kallans Expert  Mother tongue: English Posts: 1352 Joined: April 13, 2007 Location: United States |
The US never wanted a German army that was able to do anything on its own. Mostly the US wanted to base its own forces on German soil and work with token German forces that would follow US policy. The last thing the US, or any of its other WWII allies, wanted was an independent and strong German military that could actualy exert power on its own, even if it was within NATO. The US was displeased enough when France removed its forces from NATO control. | |
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