I don't know, but the title hinted that he would oppose a formal NATO role. IIRC, NATO requires unanimous votes to approve anything done in the name of NATO, regardless of the actual contributions of any member, i.e. any member can have a de facto veto.
We dont want German troops in Iraq anyways.
Germans are sissies who lose every war they ever fight.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/09/wkos09.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/09/ixworld.html
German troops 'hid like rabbits' in Kosovo riots
The Sunday Telegraph UK ^ | 09/05/2004
Posted on 05/08/2004 8:37:45 PM PDT by elfman2
German troops serving with the Kfor international peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo have been accused of hiding in barracks "like frightened rabbits" during the inter-ethnic rioting that erupted in the province in March.