The "re-Americanization" of Afghanistan?

How will Canadians react? A post at The Torch, plus one on Canadian Army and US Marine operations--and a certain Canadian newspaper's Afghan coverage.

Mark C.

Update: More "Americanization"?

The party [CDU] of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to unveil a new foreign policy platform this week that would have as its centerpiece the goal of creating a missile shield to protect Europe from a nuclear attack, as well as provisions for extended missions by the German military abroad.

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The crux of the new policy paper, which has been seen by SPIEGEL in advance of its release, is that international terrorism represents the greatest threat to German security. The draft policy also calls for the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, to be deployed domestically in cases of disaster and for the country to at least debate the issue of whether the parliament's constitutionally anchored responsibility for approving any Bundeswehr mandate is still appropriate today, considering the new challenges faced by Germany.

...he [main author Andreas Schockenhoff--deputy chair of the party's parliamentary group] added, Germany needs to be prepared for "further deployments of the German armed forces that last longer -- from stabilizing peace to forcing peace," he wrote...

The German left are not amused. Meanwhile, here's a good German--a Green!

Former Minister: Germany Must Fight in Southern Afghanistan

Posted by markc at May 4, 2008 04:03 PM