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To: gamesmistress who wrote (25111)	1/19/2004 7:10:56 AM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 793711

Why, exactly? He was close to losing a vote of confidence in parliament because some red-green Bundestag members opposed any military participation of Germany. Didn't the German troops go in under NATO auspices? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is destined to safeguard stability in the area designed by its name. It's only with the "war on terror" that an expansion of the NATO operating area is being discussed. The Afghanistan campaign didn't start as a NATO task. "... to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area." nato.int