DFDP defense politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann wants to make the target the target of the diplomatic mission Check the BundeswehrAt the same time, after her experience in Afghanistan, she warned against overburdening the military. Strack-Zimmermann of the German News Agency said: “We will get into disputes, and it was obvious from the beginning that we could not win.”
As an internationally networked country, Germany must be prepared to participate in military operations IInvolve NATO and the United Nations. “It will be fatal to bring up the problematic ending of the Afghanistan mission and say that we are not going anywhere,” she said. Strack-Zimmermann is one of the FDP representatives in the ongoing alliance negotiations. She did not comment on the details.
However, the Liberal Democratic Party politician called for more self-confidence in front of allies and not to participate automatically. “As Germans, we must also have the courage to question the operation of the coalition: to clarify what we want and what we are not prepared to support. Honestly, when we are unable to perform our tasks or have different political views,” she said. Success must be questioned regularly.
“The army can only calm down one area at a time and may create opportunities for diplomatic action and change the situation through development assistance. The Bundeswehr will never and never be able to solve the world crisis,” she said. “Your job is like an anesthesiologist, anaesthetizing the patient for a short period of time so that the surgeon-that is, the politician-can operate on him at this moment and save his life.”
In the coming decades, the fight against terrorism will continue to accompany the actions of the Bundeswehr, just like the current situation in Iraq and Mali in West Africa. She also called for better observation of the consequences of abandoning oil and gas on the political and economic stability of countries that rely heavily on energy exports.
“The savings in fossil fuels will have an impact on oil-producing countries. For them, our environmental policy discussions are a nightmare, basically depriving them of their business foundation,” she warned. “I think our job is to observe these scenes in all their plays so that we can act accordingly today.”
