Jon Gabriel wrote: > </sarcasm/> > With that attitude, someone *should* invade them as soon as possible. After > all, no offense or danger will be too great to make them go to war! Germany > should disband their armies, sell their weaponry and leave their front doors > unlocked. Oh, and they might consider bending over as much as possible. > </sarcasm/> > > Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great as a > sound-bite and reflects nothing about the real world. War is sometimes > necessary. At the risk of repeating myself, one can argue logically and > convincingly that the most important job a country has is maintaining and > defending its borders and citizens. Schroeder sounds like he's forgotten > (or is afraid to acknowledge) this basic truth.
I believe Schoeders comment to Bush's '... the game is over... ' nicely depicts the sentiments between the US and Germany. Schroeder responded with '...it isn't a game, and it is far from over...'. Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
