Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Bundeswehr Approved for 'Rescue' in Afghanistan

 The Merkel coalition finally this morning....agreed to a precise number (600) of Bundeswehr (Army) members to operate in Kabul.  Yeah, it took this long to get some agreement out of the CDU-CSU-SPD coalition.

Done?

Well....NO.

Now, this action has to be put to the full Bundestag.  Timing?  N-TV says in the past 30 minutes....it probably won't be put to the full Bundestag until early next week.

A long delayed process?  Yeah, and the journalists can slam the political process an awful lot, but this is how things have developed over the past thirty-odd years in Germany.

The fact that almost all of the opposition parties might vote this down?  I'd suggest that it's a reasonable possibility.  But if you have the CDU-CSU-SPD votes....that's a majority.

The fact that the Taliban might shut down the airport entirely by Sunday?  Well....yeah, that possibility exists as well.

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