New German government wants U.S. nukes out

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 4:04pm

Reuters has printed excerpts from the coalition agreement between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's free democrats, which includes the following paragraph:

we will strive within (NATO) and with our American allies for a withdrawal of the last U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany.' 

An estimated 20 nuclear bombs are still based in Germany, a holdover from the United States' Cold War deterrence strategy. 

Hat tip: Joe Cirincione

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About time!

by arvay on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 7:27am

NATO should be disbanded as well, since the Warsaw Pact no longer exists. The Fulda Gap is now just a meadow.

If it weren't for the use of

by Brett on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 10:42am

If it weren't for the use of NATO forces elsewhere, I'd second arvay and say that we ought to just go the full-hog and either disband NATO, or down-grade it to a "nuclear shield". That might actually be an incentive for the Europeans to get off their asses and pursue heavy security integration within the EU.