Bombing is not a strategy
There are signs that a major Syrian-Russian offensive on the province of Idlib is imminent – yet another humanitarian nightmare for the people in the battered country. Leading Christian Democratic politicians, along with some members of the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), advocate German participation in a military operation should Assad use chemical weapons. Some are even suggesting a preventative strike. It is an open secret that the US government, not least in the person of Ambassador Richard Grenell, is applying a lot of pressure on the German government. So far however, there has neither been a toxic gas attack nor any specific request from the US. Therefore there’s no reason to rush to offer President Trump our services, especially because it is not the US President, but the German Parliament that decides on the use of German military forces – autonomously and in accordance with our constitutional principles and international law. (...)
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IPS, 19.09.2018