TANGO IN THE SECURITY CONFERENCE

Both the organization and the security of the conference were costly for Germany. If only it is worth for ‘security.’ If you ask ‘whose security?’ the answer could be ‘the security of the new world order, the eternal declared system and the market economy, which even found its place in the European Union draft constitution. The system, according to the claim, is under the heavy and dangerous attack of ‘terrorism’ and it should be protected by force. This is what ‘security’ and security conferences are for.

What is the aim of this conference? The aim of this conference is to discuss policies on security in depth, ‘declare’ reciprocal positions, handle regions that pose a threat, drawing political and theoretical limits of sharing, sometimes kissing and sometimes biting the other side. Certainly, another aim is also to show the newcomers, observing the conference, the new world order in depth and inform them.

The main subject of the conference were the situation in Iraq, NATO’s position in Afghanistan and the question on whether it can have a role in Iraq or not and of course Palestine. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was one of the most important people attending the conference. Rumsfeld parried reporters’ questions. It’s not an easy job. Could it be easy to come across with those who have tolled their doubts before the war, and to claim your opinions with the same stubbornness after it came out that the attack in Iraq was based on a big lie? ‘We have reached a good point in our searching but we also couldn’t find a big store of weapons, our works are going on. President Bush set up a research commission on the CIA reports’ said Rumsfeld. You attack first and afterwards look whether the information is true or not. It is difficult to make policies based on lies. It is difficult if those who strip you as a liar are not only the people on the streets but also experienced European politicians, who you labeled as ‘old’ and acted against their interests in Iraq.

For this reason, Rumsfeld is careful with his wordings. ‘Every country should do what it finds right to do, but it should also envisage to live with its consequences,’ says Rumsfeld. But the most cheerful moments were his answer to the question of a correspondent from Suddeutsche Zeitung: ‘Could you remove your doubts on the EU army?’ He laughed and said, ‘There is no other army like the European army.’ The parties attending the Security Conference in Munich made tango. They didn’t have another chance. They had to share and reach an agreement at the same time.”