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On the penultimate and last day of the Munich-based Euro-Atlantic security conference there was a special flash "Highlite": U.S. Senator Joseph "Joe" Lieberman was given by Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Wolfgang Ischinger awarded two prizes: 1.The Federal Cross of Merit with star and 2 the Ewald von Kleist Medal (named after the founder of the Conference in 1962, then called "Wehrkundetagung"). Why they chose just to Lieberman?

Wolfgang Gerhardt, Joseph Lieberman and Martin Zeil, at the Munich security conference Heist (Source: MSC)

Wolfgang Ischinger gave as grounds that he was "a model transatlantic figure". He was a "true friend" of the Munich Security Conference over the years and have led the U.S. delegation, and employed a significant influence over a long period of German-American relations. Is there more?

The Obama mentor Lieberman is formally a U.S. democrat, but a real neo-conservative politician with hawkish foreign policy views. In the annals of the Munich conference, Lieberman was a 2010, since then he einhandelte with an announcement because of his appearance Auftstachelung to a war of aggression. Lieberman was at the security conference two years ago threatened Tehran with a military strike (" The default "on 6.2.2010):

Federal Cross of Merit with star for Joseph Lieberman, re. Westerwelle (Source: MSC)

"We face a choice: Either for tough economic sanctions, so that diplomacy works or we will face military action," Lieberman said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. [...] The top U.S. politicians pointed out that the military leadership of the United States has already confirmed plans appropriate for the event that it does not come to a political solution. , No one wants that to happen. But if we act together and strong, and if we do not do more than just talk, it is exactly what will happen. '"

The blogger Martin then filed a lump display: (more ...)