US Army Europe wants German chief of staff

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Chief of staff is not the decision making commander at the top. And you can take it as certain that pieces of US key intel that are rated as being of vital sensibility regarding US interests will never appear on his desktop.

Germany wanted to get access to the five eyes club, but was refused membership. Not that I regret that, but this is the detail that says much more about the state of relations and "trust" than this military post offered now.

A wee bit oversensitive, methinks. Thanks to WWII, no German will be more than a Corps commander in NATO. Even during the Cold War, the Germans are never even Army Group commander despite it being their home and them being the single largest ground contingent.