“With the jihadi chatter against Berlin intensifying less than three weeks before general elections, the fear is that Islamists bent on driving NATO forces out of Afghanistan will  attack the supposedly weakest link in the chain of Western nations.”

“Skepticism about the deployment runs deep within Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, and calls for a reduction in German troop levels could increase if these parties join the Left in opposition after the election, as some polls suggest.”

“This is in retaliation for Germany always pointing the finger at other nations.”