"Iraq and all these things are no real issue in germany anymore. Nobody really cares about Iraq including myself." You say
WRONG:
Schroeder made Iran into an issue in 2005. He even "Warned" the US of trying to solve the Iran issue with a military option. The SPD DID use the Iraq war in their election bid extensively in 2005 as well.
http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2005/09/16/wahlkampf__pervers/wahlkampf__pervers__spd__usa.html
“i am sure you will present a link and showing some numbers i will do the same.
Do you know when Greece and Portugal joined the EU and so who should deny their right to travel?” You said
Most people in Greece and Portugal do not have the financial means to travel to Germany. They are overwhelmingly poor as a nation and tourism FROM Portugal is not common. Up until 1989 not many people from Bulgaria or Romania were allowed to travel to the US or anywhere in the West. Of course MOST of the former East block countries, while they are rapidly improving are also poor, and they too can not afford to have an average family travel to London. Let alone the US! Look at what an average Slovak makes, even today!
“I believe you make a lot of friends when you travel around the world and you must do that very often according to your knowledge of europe and europeans. Just stay as you are and keep your prejudices alive.” You say
I actually do make a lot of friends where ever I go. Of course the Germans on Ibiza on a drunken orgy, or in Thailand (On a Bumsflug) or elsewhere also make a lot of friends. Ask the Spanish tourism secretary. Of course the flourishing sex tourism in Jamaica from Germany is also overlooked. Yes, you make many friends too.
Yes, I will be back in your neck of the woods on 11 OCT 05. :)
Red6
Thanks Red6...I appreciate the facts and clarity of your posts, and the silence from Lord Haw Haw..I mean Ukman, is deafening.
Just a quick thing: I concur with Stefan that nobody here is really interested in Iraq. IRAN cropped up once or twice, as you said (two different countries, BTW) and over in the east there was that distasteful poster, but frankly "it was the economy, stupid". I don't remember Iraq being mentioned in any speeches or campaign leaflets of any party.