Germans in Afghanistan

[Fuchs]

It's a political failure that casts shadows on our democracies.

The German population has a firm majority that opposes the Afghanistan mission entirely. No-one believes our past SecDef that Germany is to be defended in Afghanistan.
Our government dares to keep the troops there against its people's will; but only with extreme constraints. They even dared to send some hundred more troops.

It's really about time to stop licking the shoes of the U.S..
OEF/ISAF are ####ed up missions - a majority of our population knows that, but our government prefers to mis-use our troops as a kind of political money.
Only problem; they never seem to be able to buy anything with that money, especially not the permanent UN security council seat that they wanted for years.

It is interesting that, of all nations in Nato not largely involved in the south, the main criticism seems to hit Germany. This is peculiar indeed considering its past (and comparably intensive involvement in the north).

Some aspects of the German contribution (as well as of its limits):

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I believe my other post here
http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=5483
helps to understand the situation as well.

Foreigners who ask for more (like Gates did) can impossibly be aware of the complete picture, as much "more" would break the Afghanistan mission entirely.
The German government is already doing politics against its own population's will in regards to Afghanistan, the government would lose support of its own political party bases if it got involved in Afghanistan like the British.