“US Perspectives for Security in Eastern Mediterranean”
“US Perspectives for Security in Eastern Mediterranean”

Summary/Abstract: Colonel Richter, everything you said is correct but this is not simply a military issue. Militarily you are right but there are other political issues too. The real issue I think here is, given the fact that the rationale for these weapons no longer really exist. How do we deal with it? How do we manage to debate within the alliance? And here I would say that there is a danger and quite frankly I think some Germans and some politicians including your Foreign Minister jump the gun by suggesting that the weapons should be withdrawn from German soil. Not that I disagree with that but the fact was that this debate is in danger of getting out of control, the way that missile debate without better management internally.

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