But there is still no commitment. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius rejected the suggestion that Germany was hindering the proposal, but said that “we have to weigh all the pros and cons before we just decide things like this.”
For Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, a Berlin analyst at the German Marshall Fund of the United States think tank, the explanation is simple: “No German chancellor, from any party, wants to be seen pushing a military agenda- Those who try all the other options before having to resort to that.
