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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (98328)5/15/2003 5:28:42 AM
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Officials under the anti-American Chancellor Gerhard Schröder seethed at the notion of German soldiers' saluting Polish officers, and angrily rejected the generous Polish offer.

The German government is preparing for Iraq assistance within a NATO delegation.

On the Old Europe side, strikebound France and jobless Germany

The jobless rate in the previous West Germany is about on the same level as in the USA. The rate in East Germany beats all former Warsaw Pact countries.

are attempting to rally a group to counter what they claim to see darkly as American hegemony.

The new group, if it ever becomes real in any sense, is supposed to assist NATO purposes, at least that's what was repeated again and again in official statements.

and who do not like Jacques Chirac's derogation of them as "not well brought up."

Chirac won't remain French President forever. He is about 70.

because a Europe that gets along with itself is good for world trade

Yesterday the USA announced a record trade deficit, and Germany a record trade surplus.

The Polish people opposed the Iraq war as little or much as the German people. The only difference between the two countries is the attitude of the leader. Schröder, by an accident of nature (the floods last autumn), happened to become chancellor, by a razor-thin margin. Currently his party "enjoys" an all-time poll low of about 26%. Germans have learned that toppling leaders violently is not the way to express the political will. So unfortunately patience until the next elections in 2006 is required.
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