Posted on 09/23/2008 9:31:22 AM PDT by John Semmens
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, now a lobbyist for a Russian-German energy consortium dominated by Gazprom, the Russian state-owned energy monopoly, recommends a “more conciliatory relationship with our Russian neighbors.”
Schröder characterized recent aggressive actions carried out by Russia—invading Georgia and threatening to cut off gas supplies to Western Europe—as “no cause for alarm.” “Europe should accept that Russia must defend its security interests,” Schröder said. As a show of good faith, Schroder suggested that Germany and Russia could divide Poland between them. “There is historical precedent for this as a means of keeping the peace between our two great nations,” he pointed out.
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Could this guy be Germany’s Jimmy Carter?
No, Schröder iis Germany’s Quizling!
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