Should read "West Germans". I don't trust United Germany. It flirts constantly with Liberal Socialized "State" status.
German soldiers were in Afghanistan from October 2001 on - and they still are.
I thank Germany for that!!!! So I have to ammend my earlier comment, Germany has done some things, as you point out.
Now how about the rest of the WOT?
Iraq war? It was your war, not Germany´s.
This is a false distinction IMO. The Iraq war is part of the larger WOT. Germany has done some things to help in the larger WOT. There are also many things they have not done in the WOT.
Germany is being as wishy washy about the WOT (yes that includes Iraq) as our own liberals are.
Couldn't be because Germany got oil from Iraq and didn't want the US leveraging in on their interests, ehhh? Oh yeah "War for Oil" is only an American thing. (/sarc)
German spies offered help to Saddam in run-up to war
Germany Releases US Patriot's Hezbollah Murderer-Trades Terrorist Murderer for hostage in Iraq
How can you not be wishy washy about the war on terror ?
Can you explain who's gonna be a terrorist and what exactly 'war' means these days ?
germany was often critized in a very rude and under the belt manner for it's 'passive' role in the conglomerate of not further denoted actions - some of military nature - some of structural nature - some of not furhter disclosed nature but having to do with detaining people because they are on a list of unknown nature - against certain groups in various countries to be named in the future.
Germany answered that it will under no circumstances deploy troops other than those who are not members of the german bundeswehr (like a large GSG9 detachment - special federal police forces build with the SAS counter terrorist units in mind and training together with these people) to Iraq. Certainly we send troops to afghanistan in larger ammounts so units are freed for Iraq.
Now what's your opposition against german actions exactly ?