Many Germans Wary About Their Nation’s Ambitions Abroad
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BERLIN — The German public has long been apprehensive about sending soldiers to foreign lands, but this nation’s aspiration to become an influential global voice has troops on the march in peacekeeping missions from Kosovo to Afghanistan.
History is never far from the present here, and the Nazi era often imbues political and military debates. Still, Chancellor Merkel is eager to lift Germany’s international profile. Her administration, like that of her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, is using peacekeepers to enhance foreign policy and show that the Nazi and Cold War legacies have a diminishing hold on a younger generation of politicians.
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