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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AK2004 who wrote (17197)	5/11/2003 5:11:27 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Germany insisted on inspectors and that was not possible without US and UK troops in the region. I bet that the US army was, on a technical level, glad not to be obstructed by other "inferior" armies. Even the British army wasn't up to par, its friend/foe recognition system wasn't 100% compatible due to lacking investments. As a result, for instance, a Tornado jet was shot down and its pilots killed by a Patriot missile. I was referring to attacks against turkish immigrants but since you brought it up what does "not on the rise" means in a country like germany? A lower level of violence than racial violence in the USA. also regarding "not on the rise" maybe you should read a bit more about it. I know jews who live in Germany and that would strongly disagree. Of course every single incident is regrettable. Yet every time a Jew is threatened there's a headline in US papers. Many more Germans are actually killed as tourists in the USA, but this counts as "business as usual". How would you explain the fact that germany was supplying some of the equipment for iraq's nuclear, chemical and bio programs? Germany supplied less weapons than the USA, below 1% "market share" in Iraq. I have provided the link in #reply-18923106 The fact is that germany tried to protect it's investments in iraq even if it would mean defending mass murderer. The German investments in the USA are much more valuable. US trade is about 1000 times as high as the Iraq trade was. So if you are arguing economics acknowledge this figure, please. So what really changed since 1945? A lot to the better - maybe it's time to question your prejudices. Be my guest in Berlin!