"Rumsfeld and Wehrmacht go home!"

I am documenting on a separate page an appeal (in German and French) received today from Mr. Henri Wehenkel of ",déi Lénk’ - ‚la Gauche’ ", one of the two communist parties in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, presently having no seat in the parliament (they still had one in the previous legislative period). I do this because I strongly agree with what they have to say in this case, namely that at tomorrow's commemoration of the "Battle of the Bulge" in my home country Luxemburg the one hundred veterans from the United States are very cordially, warmly, sincerely welcome, but this is not the case for the also one hundred American politicians and representatives of the present American government that were also invited (by the Eurocratic big-mouth government of our little super-power, hardly by the population, except those sheeple who let others think and act for them) and include Rumsfeld and Hastert (of Luxemburg descent) responsible for the war of aggression against Iraq which is not in agreement with international law (and not with the American Constitution!). This administration glorified the war, justified torture and threw an entire people into endless bloodshedding. An heartfelt welcome is though also extended to those American guests who believe in peace. I wonder if Michael Badnarik has also been invited ‹ROTFL›.

Our Luxemburg communists mention that two years ago 15,000 people had protested against this war in Luxemburg (a country of roughly only 460,000 inhabitants) and that today they do not want to consent to the commemoration of the liberation from the yoke of the Nazis being used to pay homage to war criminals. So they invite all who are against war and torture to picket the U.S. Embassy in Luxemburg tomorrow, December 17, at 6 p.m., and say that they want all our American friends to know what we think. War criminals are not welcome in Luxemburg.

They are adding the following late news: The commanding officer of an elite unit of the Wehrmacht [= Wehrmacht ~ for those who cannot read the old German Gothic font...] is going to talk to pupils in 6 primary/elementary schools about his recollections from WWII. If this is true, I personally consider it indeed an affront and a scandal. Nothing better can be expected from some Germans, but that this seems to be organized or condoned by the Luxemburg government is the real scandal! The Eurocratic attempt to obliterate history is of course a way to make Europe's totalitarian character look good. What started with the Comité Franco-Allemand of the steel barons (as classical liberal they may have been) is already gliding step by step into a new Stahlgewitter [= Stahlgewitter ~ cf. Ernst Jünger, that male Leni Riefenstahl]. A vicious circle.

It is high time to protest against the militarization going on in the EU and even in Luxemburg, that traditionally anti-militaristic country, as I unfortunately had to notice a while ago already.

To my American libertarian readers in particular: The communist circles in Luxemburg cannot be fully compared to what you know or imagine communists are, can be or have been elsewhere. Of course, they have always had the grace of not being in power in Luxemburg (except "maybe" a few hours after November 10, 1918). It's always easy to be better if you are in the opposition. Anyway, they can proud themselves of a glorious history, having saved the country in 1937 from a right-wing dictatorship and a Patriot Act sort of thing ("Maulkorbgesetz", "loi muselière", "muzzling law") and having contributed to the resistance against the Nazis. They are still a useful ferment.

Against the militarization of our youth!