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To: Elsewhere who wrote (7511)	9/10/2003 6:17:14 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793606

Glad to hear about the cooperation, but not about Fischer's comments today. He should give us the same amount of time it took us to stabilize Germany in the 40s before he starts running his mouth off about our efforts in Iraq being a failure. -g- US has failed in Iraq, says Fischer expatica.com BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer asserted Wednesday that US policy in Iraq had failed while calling for German-American ties to be redefined on the basis of equal partners. "The American domino theory under which a liberated Iraq was supposed to stabilise the Middle East and democratise one country after another has not proven right," said Fischer in an interview with the news magazine Stern. cont'd.....

To: Elsewhere who wrote (7511)	9/10/2003 6:31:37 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793606

I loved the stuff when I was stationed in Germany! KIROTV.com German Brewery Donates Beer To American Soldiers NORFOLK, Va. -- The Germans didn't back the U.S. war in Iraq, but a German brewery is treating American sailors and soldiers to beer. Munich-based Spaten, one of the world's oldest breweries, is donating 600 cases of lager to each branch of the U.S. military for personnel who fought in the war. Navy Capt. Terry McKnight, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge, said Wednesday that his sailors would have no qualms about drinking brew from a country that refused to join coalition forces in the invasion of Iraq. "A cold beer is a cold beer," McKnight said. Donald C. Bennett, a selectee for chief petty officer who came to a Norfolk Naval Station loading dock to claim four cases for his crew on the submarine Montpelier, agreed: "We're happy to drink it all." However, there is one small problem that Louis Sieb, president of Spaten North America, did not consider when he came up with the idea. The average sailor is 20. Legal drinking age is 21. "They give up everything, right? They put their lives on the line, right? And they can't drink beer? Still, a good thing, I think," Sieb said. Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. kirotv.com