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HAEFSTAENGL QUESTIONED ON DRF BEING ANTI WAR
 
ODERVELD - LEUCHTFEUER
 
Defence Ministry, November 19, 5640: ODERVELD LEUHTFEUER asked Defence Minister Otto  Haefshanengl if the Dundorfische Rote Font (DRF) had abandoned its anti war stance by his operating the Defence Ministry in a business as usual manner, and Haefstaengl replied:
 

I think there are two parts to an answer to that.  Where does DRF actually stand on war is one.  All of us oppose the Bundesrepublik entering or supporting a war of aggression.  All of us.  How about a defensive war or a Defence Ministry budget to make defending the Bundesrepublik possible? Some oppose even that but a majority of which I am a part  favor those steps.
 
What about increases in military budget. As indicated some oppose there being one at all but most of us favor there being one which the vast majority believe is at least adequate and maybe could use some trimming.
 
So what are we doing in government.  As former Chancellor Kleinfelder pointed out, the Extean  defensive military support was expensive.  One way to get the economy back to normal is cut government benefits for individuals. Very tempting to many in politics. Very tempting.  As one notable conservative once said, “If you had any gumption at all, you would go out and inherit a department store.”
 
That’s what DRF campaigned on, not cutting individual benefits. Not cutting any. DRF decided as a minority party, growing but minority, we could have more influence on the actual course of the legislation as part of a center left government than we would have continuing as a voice crying wolf in the wilderness.
 
And in a fluke, personally I am serving as Defence Minister. And doing so entirely within the parameters of the DRF majority thinking concerning war and defense therefrom.

 
 
Defence Minister Haefstaengl