the outcome of the election

[Occhidiangela]

Hail Occhi,
Lord_Olf
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Thanks Olf. My German colleagues in NATO went to a great deal of trouble to explain to me, at the time, why. Knowing the history made the explanaitons make plenty of sense. Similar to the Japanese reluctance to get into peacekeeping.

Even so, the policy decision reflected an unwillingness to take a risk, that surprised me. In retrospect, however, I respect the fact that a propagandist, and the Serbs had a few of those at work, would have had a field day with German soldiers once again south of the Sava, so perhaps Chancellor Kohl was smarter in his waging of Information warfare than any number of other world leaders. :D

Occhi