[A. Pole]

Many Germans are with us on this. They need a FreiRepublik.de to help them overcome their lamestream media, too.

Just remember that majority of Germans are strongly against this war. The very reason why Schroeder managed to stay in power is that he adopted (unwillingly) anti-war platform. The degree of his stringency is the measure of public pressure. Otherwise he would support US in a second.

Germans are deeply scarred by their militarism of last two World Wars and their former pride and lust for power over the world. I suspect that they project their feeling of guilt and suppressed arrogance on the America, imagining that Americans are repeating German errors from the past.

I am not sure if overcoming German inhibitions would be a good thing.

[FreedomPoster]

Good point. Not surprising to see this observation from someone with a FR handle like yours. ;-)

The Poles are a people unfortunate in occupying a piece of territory with no defensible natural borders, located smack in the middle of a major historical East-West invasion path. :-(

[Michael81Dus]

Nearly correct, but you´ve to admit that Schröder was reelected because of the floodings and the anti-war-sentiments. His reaction on the floodings in the Eastern states brought him much lost sympathy by the East Germans back!

And, the public pressure in Germany is IRRELEVANT! All that matters is his coalition with the Greens. It´s tradition in Germany that nearly all important decisions are made against a majority (Euro, Pershing II, rearmament, joining NATO, etc). Chancellors usually don´t care what the people say - but it´s a contribution to the Greens.

[Pining_4_TX]

Maybe they just realize that the enemy is Islam and not Iraq. Conquering Iraq will just give us one more dirt-bag country to occupy for the next 100 years. We will not be any safer from terrorists than we were. This war is nuts.