Did the Allies change the occupation forces into NATO forces?
That was two things. West Germany was under occupation and the Western U.S. lead nations tried nation building. This meant to make sure no fascist regime would become leader of the Germans. The Sowjets did the same.
None of the states existing before the two World Wars were reestablished. Instead the German idea of both Wilhelm and Hitler become reality in a two Nations solution that had the by SS and NSDAP spoken Hanoveran German as national main language throughout education, administration and all media.
All Allies also ended the prosecution and execution of identified SS members. The treaty signed in Stalingrad cannot even be found online or by the Deutsche Nationalbibliotheque. Instead on all sides a new conflict was build up known as the Cold War.
That meant that Germany was both part of two blocks and under occupation. Each Ally kept special rights, while Germany existed embedded in both systems.
Until today no German state payed the Treaty of Versailles or faced comparable reparations for any war atrocities of their follow up second attack leading to an even worse World War, causing this time the worst crimes in human history. All companies and families that profited under Nazi rule kept their belongings. The Holocaust Industry was just stripped of the KZ system, the rest remained intact.
You now complain about U.S. nuclear weapons in Germany?
They are under U.S. military control. All craziness has its limits. Every German trying to obtain possession will be shot dead trying no matter his uniform or how hard he tries. They can be recaptured. Plans exist. They can be turned unusable using Napalm bombardments.
They have no authority over U.S. military installations.
You'd better argue based on that about the Crimea Navy facilities. With everyone, but the Germans. The Sowjet collapsed. The Russian military was until the Ukraine war no threat since than to the U.S.A.. As much as the U.S.A. would and will defend its military installations Russia must have that right as all nations have.
Agreeing to that, no matter to where Crimea and the Donbass belongs to, is more than you can get arguing about Secret Service operations interfering with sovereign nations.
If any agreement is actually possible, no matter for how long.
#noblessoblige #provos
