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Hehe, yeah, but even if our politicians wanted (which is not the case today), we aren´t capable and equipped to send troops in the desert. Afghanistan, yeah, that´s a region we still can handle with, but Iraq? No way today. But we´re reforming our troops, and change the former cold war army into a rapid response and peace-keeping army.
I´m also sorry that there´s not more support from us, but today, we have more important problems than Iraq. If we don´t take care, our society and economy are going down.
Though, vocal support is the minimum required.

What's your take on the big demo against reforms in Berlin?

The recent flap about the Germans removed from eastern Europe after WWII makes me uneasy. On the one hand, I sympathize, and I have even met some of them here in Chicago. They are surely due some respect for their suffering, but it is very difficult to do so without raising a lot of fear among the Poles and Czechs. For them, the removals are considered a legitimate act of self-defense against possible German revanchism, although they recognize and deplore the often brutal way in which it was done. The Poles have even convicted, I believe, some Communist camp commanders for brutality against the German deportees.

In any case, my point is that I much prefer a strong and confident Germany that doesn't wallow in victimhood, and to me, such wallowing strikes me as Undeutsch.

PS-- My wife and I will be in Berlin around Christmas. After having been verbally attacked in a small Kneipe as a Welsher (due to my dark hair and eyes) the last time I was in Berlin, what kind of atmosphere can I look forward to as an American now? It's not a rhetorical question- my wife thinks I'm making too much of one drunken oaf in a bar.

"If we don´t take care, our society and economy are going down. "

There you go again. On a thread about the murder of 15 troops, you spew DNC talking points. Couldn't help yourself, huh?

What do you mean "WE"??

Your tag is German, your homepage is all about Germany, and your flag is (surprise) that of Germany.

Knock off the 'we' crap. You have chosen your side by your words and actions.