Kongo exit strategy almost ready (entry strategy might still take a bit)
German President Horst Köhler has made it clear that he expects the Bundeswehr to have clear plans for getting out of the Kongo should they ever actually go there on a planned (sort of) peace keeping mission but that’s still open and those kind of details have yet to be worked out in detail by detail by detail but regardless of that we have to be ready for all eventualities because one doesn’t just überstürze (dive head first into) things and should German soldiers ever actually go there we must make it clear to all parties involved that we can really only stay for a minute honest and okay just one more cup of coffee but then we really must be getting back home again and don’t forget to stop by and visit us whenever you’re in the neighborhood.
The current turmoil down there in the Kongo is expected to end magically after a short four month German i.e. European Einsatz (mission) at which point the Bundeswehr can then exit strategically and return home to a ticker-tape parade along 5th Avenue in New York City or something.
Claims that the planned Kongo mission is “the purest show” and that by placing about 100 soldiers in a metropolis of 9 million (Kinshasa) to keep the peace in country larger than Western Europe is “dummes Zeug” (absolute nonsense) are views obviously not shared by President Köhler.
“Okay,” he said when pressed on this. “100 soldiers may not seem like much at first but hey, these are German soldiers, dude.”
Frieden schaffen ohne Waffen. Okay, mit wenig Waffen. Aber ohne Soldaten, ja?
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