They also noted that US personnel who commit 'war crimes' or even misdemeanors (duly noted by the author) like Abu-Gharb WILL BE PUNISHED by the US system and not swept under the rug as might (will) happen elsewhere.
Pretty good stuff, in this example although I dislike the larger trend that makes combat decisions appear to be crimes by stepping out of context.
My only fear is that this will escalate to such a frightening level of euro-remorse that France might surrender....to us.
Yes, that was my take as well. I was shocked that an article in what I assume is a mainstream German paper was mostly free of egregious opposition.
I mostly agree with you Norton.
Still, the half heartedness, the grudging admission that Bush is right, couched in Euro-spin, Euro assertiveness, characterizes the first, bold paragraph, which is unreserved villification, the sort of thing you'd hear on the street in Karlsruhe or Koln. It sets the tone that the Freepers picked up on.
You may suggest that the point was missed. But I'd go back to Eric in the Ozarks, to whom I first responded.