A country of our size, with its focus on exports and thus reliance on foreign trade, must be aware that … military deployments are necessary in an em… - Horst Köhler

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A country of our size, with its focus on exports and thus reliance on foreign trade, must be aware that … military deployments are necessary in an emergency to protect our interests -- for example when it comes to trade routes, for example when it comes to preventing regional instabilities that could negatively influence our trade, jobs and incomes.