The German ambassador to the UN is a real nasty anti-American. The German ambassador to the US is a good guy.
The German mission to the UN is loaded with America haters and the US views their 2 year term as a rotating member to the UNSC as a disaster. Not only did they collude with France on Iraq, but they were the leaders in the successful attempt last year to deny US peacekeepers immunity from the ICC.
The Germans at the UN were gleeful, not now though.
a) I think they plan it that way.
b) Never trust a politician
c) I won't stereotype germans but I'm hearing nothing here that I might consider OK.