Replies

I was born and raised in Germany. My Family, although very left, is still there. I also lived in Germany for 16 years as European Director for my American company. I see Germany from the outside as well as the inside. :)
It upsets me to no end to see that country destroyed by irresponsible politicians. Just a couple of points that are in my opinion underlying causes for the German future demise.

I have always maintained that the Wirtschaftswunder was the worst thing that could have happened to Germany who had never had any experience in dealing with prosperity. " It didn't come with Instructions"
Also they allowed "La Dolce Vita" to take over They simply became too lazy to breed.

My mom is italian and my dad german. I know both countries very well and living in italy right now. My cousin moved to U.S. and created jobs there for americans in NJ area. I cried in vain, when i saw the terror attacks against WTC and freedom.

US-Administration lost all credibility and respect in Europe. Also in italy, despite that all major TV channels are in the hands of Berlusconi, Bush's fascist minion.

People are complaining here how U.S. deals with the problems of common Iraqis. TV shows reports, that it's not a minority of iraqis opposing foreign occupation, but the majority. It's very likely that Berlusconi will lose next election, simply because of the strong support he gave to Bush.

Knowing Germany and knowing BILD (a newspaper that is famous for her big headlines and boobs), this article means that Germany will never send soldiers to iraq. Even if the conservatives will win elections October 2004.

The economic value of the bases are also overestimated here in this message-board. 95% of germans simply don't care if U.S. army have bases or not. The remaining 5% are divided in people strongly opposing them and politicians favoring them.