Former GDR top brass slam US-NATO policy, anti-Russian rhetoric in open letter
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Participants of a rally against NATO's policy by Munich's Rathaus (Town Hall). Several hundred people gathered in the center of the city requiring to put an end to NATO's aggressive police and stop a confrontation with Russia.
More than 100 top brass of the ex-GDR, the majority of whom fought on the fronts of WWII, slammed American and North Atlantic alliance leaders for using military power in the resolution of conflicts. Titled "Soldiers for Peace," the open letter was presented in Berlin on Tuesday.
"We witness War becoming a permanent companion of humanity once again. The new world order that the USA and their allies have been trying to establish has recently led to nothing but new wars - in Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, in Iraq, Yemen and Sudan, in Libya and Somalia. These wars claimed the lives of more than two million people and forced even more out of their homes," the letter said.
Former German generals pointed to NATO's "intensive militarization of Europe" saying that war to the continent.
"The United States as well as the other NATO members have recently returned to the policy of the Cold War and they justify it by imaginary Russian aggression," said former GDR defense minister Theodor Hoffmann during the presentation of the open letter on Tuesday.
the letter reads.
The East German commanders also blamed the US and their allies for launching an which aims to
irredeemable politicians and corrupt journalists that stir up hostility, hatred and war hysteria," the letter states.
We are absolutely sure that urgent political problems cannot be resolved by military means."
Among the signatories are two former GDR defense ministers, three former Chiefs of Staff of the National People's Army (NPA), 19 lieutenant generals, 61 major generals and several admirals.
"Most signatories of our plea fought at the fronts of WWII and know exactly that war can by no means be a political instrument," Hoffmann said.
He pointed out that any
The letter also stated that a new war in Europe will inevitably lead to unprecedented damage due to the destructive power of the modern arms, even turning the continent into a
"Have the numerous victims of the Second World War already been forgotten? Do modern Europeans no longer remember the devastation, the many refugees and unending suffering of the people engendered by WWII? Have the latest US and NATO wars not claimed enough people's lives?" the letter says.
The former top brass emphasize in their statement that it was the Soviet army and the Soviet people that "carried the heaviest burden in defeating fascism" and "now, on the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe day, we should express our gratitude to them."
The West needs to cooperate with Moscow to solve international issues, the letter stressed, urging for a "peaceful dialogue and not combative rhetoric." It also points out that the EU shouldn't depend on the US in issues of military security.
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There are plans to distribute the letter among members of the German parliament as well send it to the embassies of NATO countries in Germany. The organizers of the campaign also plan to send the text to Russia, so leaflets can be handled out at the Red Square parade marking the 70th V-Day anniversary on May 9 in Moscow.
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