New German government wants U.S. nukes out

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 5:04 PM Share

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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11:42 AM ET

October 23, 2009

If it weren't for the use of

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.

 

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