A Bolder Germany

Henry C.K. Liu hliu at mindspring.com
Mon Dec 21 02:11:57 PST 1998


Re Kennan futile letter to Acheson proposing unilateral nuclear disarmament in 1946, as claimed by his letter to the HK Standard on new German attitude on No First Use, there was a report by Roger Cohen in the NY Times (Saturday, December 12, 1998), describes the new posture of the Social Democratic government of Germany as a "refreshing liberation". Specifically, the report cites Shroder's attack of Germany's unfair contribution to a wasteful European budget, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's suggestion for NATO to change its nuclear policy and Finance Minister Oskar LaFontaine's remark about American-style globalization not to his taste. Schroder's recent declaration that Germany should show the "self confidence of a nation that has come of age" is also reiterated in the report. No First Use was a doctrine subscribed to by China. The United State has steadfastly refused to agree. I would be interested to hear from European and EU specialists on this.

Henry C.K. Liu



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