Having said that, how is it in Germany's interest for USA to fail in Iraq?
Islamofascism will prove to be much greater threat to long term Western Civilization in Europe.
Sure, terrorists are going to kill soft targets in America and perhaps Australia too but they are not at risk to destroy our civilization like they are in Europe.
There are six million Muslims in France and certainly more than that in Germany.
Nobody in Germany wants the US to fail in Iraq. Ok, I take that back. The Lefts wants you to fail, because they don´t care about instability in the Mid-East and a government crisis in the US.
Normal people know that the Iraq thing needs to be completed, even though they still say that it was a mistake - and obviously the majority of Americans think so too.
I supported the war, simply because it´s right to topple a regime that kills its opponents. Not because the WMD s#it. But let´s not talk about that, it happened, and we all know that your government underestimated the power of terrorism after the actual combat.
You will understand that we cannot go into that country now, that you´re reducing your troops. Germany has contributed a little to the restructuring process, mainly to send a signal to the new Iraqi government that even the former war-opponents stand behind them.
Afghanistan is our common baby, this is different. But Iraq is your baby. I don´t believe that a civil war will break out there or that terrorists take over the country. So, there´s no need for others to step in.
I´m happy that Germany and the US, which ever had excellent relations on the lower levels and citizen-to-citizen level (student exchanges, military contacts, tourism, etc), now got back to a good-as-usual atmosphere among our leaders. Many assume that President Bush will invite Chancellor Merkel to Crawford when he´s having BBQ with her at her home. Now if that´s not great, I dunno! :)