talking about e.u. forces there s no such thing as a european union i mean this is a very long debate. and i did try and press the german defense minister whether that could potentially mean german boots on the ground to military commitment let s just listen to what she said the fog of. how germany handles this politically and more than anything what this could mean for our armed forces is a question that must be decided by the winter stock was so that s the standard out so that from politicians the parliamentary army everything has to be it has to go through the bonus talk but she did cite the example of iraq would does reconnaissance flights and training so that sounds a lot more soft touch than what she said 1st i mean. still the question does it mean should the german army join this operation. well this is the question she successfully ducked by saying that she acts upon the request of the german