German ROE claim first kill in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by AntEater

Franz-Josef Jung, Merkel's defense minister, is simply a coward and a political lightweight. Not to mention he is most likely corrupt as well.
He got this office because he's close to one of Merkel's sharpest rivals in her own Party, Roland Koch. His whole credentials are being close to Koch, and his minister post was a political concession to Koch. Jung is simply a disaster, even if he should have more military experience than average, as he is a reserve officer.

Scharping already was bad, but at leats he did not have much ti9me to do real serious damage, but Jung is a total desaster. In my eyes the worst defense minister germany ever had. the damage he does is really big. He has not much, if any, support in the BW.

In some ways, Hellmut Schmidt was the last defense minister of any format, and that was in the 1970s!

Ah, Schmidt, don't get me dreaming. the most clever and competent chancellor we ever had, imo, and still underestimated by many. Maybe I would voing today if he were still active - and that says a lot about my respect for him. Also, one of the very few people of this dying species one would call "statesmen". Is there any other left? we only know that we could desperately need such people. Politicians of this format and callibre - nowhere to be seen in the West on major national and governmental level. That's why Putin has so easy play with us - he has no opponent of comparable callibre, only yelling wannabe-great-leaders.