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By Elmer
Whittaker
I recently
came about a German documentary about the real involvement of the German
Military, the “Bunderswehr” in the war in Afghanistan of which extend and
intensity I was not really aware until watching this German language documentary.
However, the
extend of the German Bundeswehr in the Afghanistan War also known as Operation
Enduring Freedom from 2001 – supposedly 2014 was not the reason which prompted
this blog.
The reason
which was really extremely shocking to me in spite of my knowledge of general government crimes, lies and deceptions seen
all through history, was so secret and sinister that I could not find much about
it on Google.
Let me
digress. After Germany’s and Japan’s unconditional surrender to the allied
forces ending World War II in 1945 the military and the governments of both
defeated countries were disbanded and placed under allied governance. Due to
the reconstruction efforts of Germany and Japan and the fast ensuing Cold War
with the Soviet Union sovereign democratic governments with an American modeled
constitution were erected in 1947 for Japan and 1949 for Germany.
Both
countries were naturally endowed with its own military, which both were meant
to be pacifist militaries for strictly defensive purposes only. Because of that
the Japanese Military was renamed from Imperial Japanese Military to Japanse
Defense Forces and the German Army was renamed from “Wehrmacht” (Defense Force)
to “Bundeswehr” (Federal Defense) while the other German Military branches
remained as they were as “Luftwaffe” (Air Force) and “Marine” (Navy), to
emphasis their different nature from their old images of World War II.
The American sponsored
constitutions of both countries, Japan and Germany had and as far as I know
still have specific amendments pledging a strictly defensive purpose of their
militaries which prohibited both countries never to wage a war of aggression again
while even prohibiting the soldiers of both countries to serve in or occupy foreign
countries.
While it is
common knowledge that German Peacekeepers have been deployed to Bosnia/Herzegovina
as part of the UN Peacekeeping force from 1992 – 2004 which apparently did not
violate the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany this was apparently
not the first time that parts of the German Military the “Bundeswehr” was
deployed to foreign countries since the end of WW II and that even in an aggressive
war/conflict in a foreign country.
In 1981 the German
Intelligence Agency BND (Bundes Nachrichten Dienst) led German Special Forces
of the Bundeswehr, most secretly into a war of aggression against the Soviet
Union under the code name “Operation Sommerregen” (Summer Rain), when it
deployed their Special Forces alongside the Mujahedeen which included combat
action against the Soviet Military in Afghanistan which lasted until the end of
the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in 1998.
Operation Summerregen
was so secret that it took until 2013 for first details to leak to the public.
This to me is
yet another example, that no constitutional amendment can restrict a government
from violating its own constitution and from crimes, lies and deceit unless the
perpetrators are faced with drastic consequences.
