The Nobel Prize for War 2009 goes to ...

[Thomas Eckhardt]

As far as I know, it's more complicated than that. The colonel (Oberst) 
who called in the air strike, Georg Klein (incidentally also the name of 
an important German author who champions Pynchon, I take the opportunity 
to especially recommend Klein's novel 'Libidissi'), has not resigned but 
will be subject to a courtroom hearing. The minister who was responsible 
at the time of the air strike, which took place before the general 
elections, has resigned. For the other resignations, see

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/26/german-army-chief-resigns-afghanistan.

These people have resigned i.e. been fired because relevant information 
was withheld. In the course of events, Germany's new defence 
('Deutschlands Freiheit wird am Hindukusch verteidigt', errrm) minister 
has revised his evaluation of the calling-in of the air strike from 
'adequate' to 'not adequate.'

As I see it, the German elites desperately want to continue to take part 
in the Great Game 2.0. but the people are overwhelmingly against it. 
We'll see.

Thomas