[Godfollow]

What's with the name calling, my position is rational with emotion... Look at it this... What is your response to another persons problems when all of a sudden it's your ass on the line, i.e. Germany's...

From my perspective (i.e. from my base of knowledge gleened from websites such as this one and others, which is to say you probably don't have any better sources for real news thatn I do) Germany was one of those countries terrorists used to plan and recruit in.

When it came time for Germany to throw in their lot with the US, they remained opposed. In this war on terrorism, there is no such thing as taking a neutral position... fence sitters will eventually fall off to one side or the other, if the threat of a serious threat of a terror attack causes them to fall off and get with the program, I say GOOD!

[Prodigal Son]

Germany was one of those countries terrorists used to plan and recruit in.

And so was the United States and Britain. The same standard should, therefore, apply.

What's with the name calling,

My family is in Germany. The thread is about the threat of a terrorist attack on Germany. You say "Good". You don't understand?

When it came time for Germany to throw in their lot with the US, they remained opposed.

No, they didn't. They are in Afghanistan as we speak. Yes or no? They invoked Chapter 5 of the NATO Charter and they participated in our operation in Afghanistan and they continue to do so. They continue to patrol the Horn of Africa with their navy in support of the war on terror.

Get your facts straight.

if the threat of a serious threat of a terror attack causes them to fall off and get with the program, I say GOOD!

Hmmm. Maybe one could use this same argument to say it was good that America got attacked on 9/11 to get it off the fence about terrorism. We were attacked repeatedly by bin Laden pre-9/11 and did nothing. Our lackadaisical attitude towards getting tough on terror emboldened bin Laden.

Think about it.