Germans' Support for Afghan War Collapses

[tekisui]

Source: Morning Star

Germany's defence minister visited the 4,500-strong Bundeswehr contingent in Afghanistan as a new poll indicated that almost two out of three Germans want its military brought home.

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg toured German military headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif before heading to Kunduz, where German troops mistakenly shot dead six Afghan soldiers on April 2 following a guerilla ambush in which three Bundeswehr personnel were killed.

Berlin's military intervention in the impoverished country is deeply unpopular among German voters.

Stern magazine has published a Forsa poll which found that 62 per cent of the 1,004 people surveyed want the troops withdrawn.

That is a considerable jump from September 2005, when only 34 per cent of those polled by Forsa said the Bundeswehr soldiers should pull out.

Washington is increasingly concerned over declining support in Europe for the war.

more: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/89164

[BeFree]

1. Now that is some Change!!

Maybe it gets back to DC? And we have us some Change we can support, here?

[Mari333]

2. well at least they are sane.

[mmonk]

3. Add in the situation in Kyrgyzstan,

growing resistance in Afghanistan, the Central Asian program may be in some trouble.

[kenny blankenship]

4. You can't quit now - we haven't even hit the 10 year mark yet!

We were just getting started.

[G_j]

5. K&R

as if there

[madokie]

6. I feel like that President is purposely being mislead in the war on terror

war and killing is never the answer. ands never the ones who are going to be in the war that causes them. Anyways aura of migraine is keeping me from seeing very good or I could type a whole bunch more on this shit.

[kenny blankenship]

7. Yes, I know exactly what you mean! President Merkel is definitely being misled by all these QUITTERS

in her country. It's like they had -I don't know- one or maybe two bad experiences with war and then decided that all wars must be "bad". Now they want to quit before the job is even half through. CRAZINESS!

[Solly Mack]

8. k/r