Poll: Germans Believe U.S. a Nation of Warmongers

Reuters ^ | 2/10/2003

[Interloper]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A majority of Germans believe the United States is a nation of warmongers and only six percent think President Bush (news - web sites) is interested in keeping the peace, according to a survey published Monday.

The poll by the respected Forsa institute, published in the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper, also found 97 percent of those questioned believed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was ready to go to war.

The survey found 57 percent agreed with the statement: "The United States is a nation of warmongers."

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has angered the Bush administration with his outspoken opposition to a war in Iraq, a position that has widespread backing in Germany where six million people were killed during World War II.

Tens of thousands of Germans have taken part in anti-war rallies in recent weeks.

The survey of 1,843 Germans found 93 percent believed Bush was ready to go to war in pursuit of his interests, while 80 percent said the United States wanted war to boost its power.

The poll also found 89 percent believed Schroeder was a "friend of peace."

[Interloper]

Main Entry: de·lude Pronunciation: di-'lüd, dE- Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): de·lud·ed; de·lud·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Latin deludere, from de- + ludere to play -- more at LUDICROUS Date: 15th century 1 : to mislead the mind or judgment of : DECEIVE, TRICK

[johniegrad]

How ironic!

[KC_Conspirator]

Who commissioned this poll? The Goebbel Polling Company?

[Ronaldus Magnus]

This is the funniest thing I've read in a very long time!!!

[An.American.Expatriate]

ping!!

[Arkie2]

This coming from the Germans? Unbelievable! I wonder if any Germans even remember who Hitler was!

[PhiKapMom]

And to think we are being told on here (those of us in the Anti-German camp) that it is only their leaders not their people. Well those people elected their leaders! Now this confirms that they elected Schroeder partly for his Anti-American/Anti-Bush rhetoric!

[latrans]

Let's see, Kaiser Wilhelm, Adolf Hitler. Hmmmm.

[mhking]

Big deal. What those arrogant S.O.B.'s think won't change how we think, act or do, period. Just tell 'em to get the hell outta the way, lest we run them over on the way to Baghdad.

Perhaps the NFL ought to be petitioned to remove the three NFL Europe franchises from Germany (Rhein Fire, Frankfurt Galaxy, Berlin Thunder). Let 'em see just how "bad" we truly are...

[RoseofTexas]

I'm just wondering WHEN will Reuters be printing out the Gallup poll article overseas of how much the AMERICAN poeple dislike them now ?? CLYMERS I DESPISE THEM!!

[wimpycat]

They all know who Hitler was, which is precisely why they've chosen to run in the completely opposite, equally extreme direction.

[narby]

Germans are Saddamites

[Poohbah]

Poll: Germans Believe U.S. a Nation of Warmongers

KETTLE, THIS IS POT. KETTLE, THIS IS POT. YOU ARE BLACK, REPEAT, YOU ARE BLACK, POT OUT.

[dts32041]

Nope, like Japan most references to WWII have been sanitized in the schule system.

[Eaglewatcher]

Boy oh boy the Germans have some nerve calling anyone else a warmonger after starting two World Wars and the Holocost!!

[Diogenesis]

Germany --which gave us WW1 WW2 and now WW3-- did so because THEY are an evil terrorist-loving murderous nation.

Germany is evil and lower than Cuba and, maybe, Libya.

[xzins]

What they will discover is that we're a nation of consumers who WON'T buy OldEurope automobiles.

[metesky]

Poll: Germans Believe U.S. a Nation of Warmongers

Good! Who says it won't work on Saddam? It worked like a charm on the Bosch, apparantly.

[cymeckajax3]

Was is loss heir. Mein Deutcher volk ist (el stupido). Hold
mine beer!!!

[CedarDave]

Fourteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, it looks like the views of the East Germans have taken hold in the entire country.