Niklas Schörnig comments in HSFK-Standpunkt 2/2009 In der Opferfalle. Die Bundesregierung und die zunehmenden Gefallenen der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan (Rising Public Awareness Puts German Goverment under Pressure) on the readiness of the Germans to accept rising casualty figures in Afghanistan. He requires a fair and factual debate about aims and prospects of the operation.