It is not an everyday occurrence when the former chief of the German Defense Ministry’s Security Service discloses information about the drive belts of the political regime in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The book by Gerd-Helmut Komossa, headlined “The German Card. Closed Game of the Secret Services” (Die Deutsche Karte. Das verdeckte Spiel der geheimen Dienste. Ares-Verlag, Graz 2007.-230 S.) is a real rarity. Focusing on the most painful issues for Germans, the author appeals to the depths of their national self-consciousness, ignored for decades by the United States and their western allies.
“The German Card” narrates the concealed but extremely sharp contradictions between the U.S. and the FRG- the issue yet has not been much and freely spoken about. The book was published in July, 2007, in Austria. Of course, the appearance and promotion of such kind of books in Germany would be impossible. However, the fact that the book was published against all the odds, shows that the German society is against being treated as “the U.S. vassal” (a term introduced by the former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Bzhezinsky to describe Europe after the 1945) and is ready to perceive the truth about their discrimination after the WW II.
That is what Mr. Komossa`s book is all about. A state pact dated May, 21, 1949, which received the “highest confidence level” category in the country’s Federal Intelligence Service, contains restrictions on the Germany`s sovereignty until 2099. The pact reads that the ally countries have total control over German mass media and communications. Each federal chancellor must sign the so-called “chancellor act” before taking office. The country`s gold reserves are seized by the ally countries. Indeed, all German chancellors, including the incumbent, Angela Merkel, paid their first foreign visits to the Washington. The U.S. Administration continues to meddle in Germany`s home affairs. All political parties in the FRG are under U.S. control, and the so-called “licensed” press in Germany turned out to be even a more devious method of brainwashing than it used to be under the Nazi regime. The territories of the FRG remain under U.S. occupation. This all could have been treated as a figment of somebody’s imagination if we knew nothing about the author of the book.
The author of “The German Card” had accumulated the experience of several significant historical epochs of the German, European and world civilizations. Now a retired General of the Bundeswehr, Komossa took part in the WW II and later played a certain role during the Cold War confrontation. Possessing plenty of information, he decided to express his criticism of the current international policy mechanisms.
In 1943 Komosssa volunteered to the Wehrmacht and came to the Eastern Front. From May, 9, 1945 till April, 1, 1949, he was held in Soviet captivity. Komossa describes those times as useful for him as he managed to make friends with many Russians and understand that they were “other Russians”, not those described by the supporters of the German nationalists and socialists.
In 1956 Komossa began his career in the Bundeswehr. One has to read “The German Card” to learn how it happened that Germans were allowed to have their national army. Under the above mentioned pact, Germany was granted sovereignty enough to form the army in 1955. According to the Constitution, the Bundeswehr (German for “federal defence force”) only deals with matters of national defense. However, the western allies, led by the U.S., pursued absolutely different goals. They wanted to increase the number of troops by recruiting German soldiers, whom they would give new uniform without signs of belonging to any nation. They knew how perfectly Germans fought during the WW II and wanted to use them for a possible armed conflict with the Soviet block and for the large-scale global expansion. The allies would like to have 500,000 of German soldiers. Berlin was also expected to buy weaponry and equipment from the United States.
Over the past 20 years, the U.S. Administration has been trying hard to involve Germany in its global projects all over the world. But all their attempts to press on Berlin over Somali, Bosnia, Serbia, Afghanistan and Iraq had counter effect and caused the appearance of new approaches in Germany’s public and political circles. The inner resentment towards the U.S. policy has reached critical point. Berlin and Washington have polar views on the role and place of the German nation in the modern world.
Since early 1990s many German military men have changed their attitude towards U.S. and NATO. First, many German officers had nothing against the U.S. and did their military service overseas, but today most of them feel disappointed in Washington’s policy. They see that the U.S hegemony leads to the destruction of the social and economic system of separate states and whole macro-regions, while the “U.S. order” is nothing but another name for a chaos…
Gerd-Helmut Komossa occupied top posts in the Bundeswehr, headed the national Military Security Service, and was often called “a soldier with political thinking”. Today he speaks against the idea of using the Bundeswehr as the intervention army since the German armed forces have purely defensive goals.
In the meantime, Washington is becoming more and more persistent attracting Germans to join the coalition troops in different regions of the world. Berlin was forced to send troops to Afghanistan. But the U.S. allies said that was not enough. The NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has recently accused the Bundeswehr units in Afghanistan of trying to sit on the fence in northern regions while other troops were fighting in the south. He also demanded that the Bundeswehr enlarged its mission southward and was more flexible in cooperation with the coalition army.
In his book, Komossa wonders whether it is possible that young Germans are recruited not to defend their homeland but to assist different international structures in the implementation of their projects, which have nothing to give Germany and the European region in general. “Is that our people are expecting from the Bundeswehr? And won`t this again make German soldiers “killers” in other people’s eyes”- Komossa asks. However, the U.S. and their allies are not preoccupied with moral issues since the secret pact expires only in 2099.
The Germany`s intellectual elite now will spend much time thinking over the shocking information Mr. Komossa disclosed in his book. However, it is already clear that the nation with such rich cultural and historical traditions will no longer put up with these humiliating circumstances. “The German Card” by Gerd-Helmut Komossa has marked another step towards multipolar world order, and the postponed sovereignization of Germany will also become an important step in the right direction. We can say this for sure.
