German Official: No German Soldiers in Iraq Even if Kerry Wins
The German government's coordinator for German-American cooperation, Karsten Voigt, had the following to say in a recent interview with ZDF:
"We are, within the framework of our possibilities, prepared to become involved in the stabilization of the situation in Iraq, for example through the mentioned training of police and soldiers outside of Iraq or through the civil rebuilding in Iraq. But not just President Bush, but also presidential candidate Kerry knows that the position of the German government not to send any troops to Iraq is not dependent upon who will be elected in the American elections." (emphasis ours)
It is becoming more and more clear with each passing day that Germany and France will not send troops to Iraq even if John Kerry should win the election.
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http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/12/0,1872,2205612,00.html