Shroder and Joska won't be forgetten. From what I glossed over on the German sites, Bush's walking in on a meeting with Hessian Roland Koch (CDU) was a big Schroeder put down, and Schroeder knew it.
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"Spiegel" says Powell told Angela Merkel (CDU) that there wasn't a small gap between US/Germany, but a big gap and it was still there. Merkel was given as much time as Schroeder.
The Germans are making a point that Powell kissed up to Joschka Fischer, though. They think Fischer was treated the best of all. "Spiegel" used the Powell quote "Joschka and I" in one of the picture titles.
"Spiegel"..Merkels Hoch, Schröders Tief
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Bemüht, die deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen zu verbessern: US-Außenminister Powell und Bundeskanzler Schröder
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"Die Welt" talks of a frosty meeting with Powell and Schroeder, in which Powell talks of not being surprised that Germany took a different position, rather being surprised that Germany did all it could to work against the USA.
"Die Welt" briefly mentions the Roland Koch meeting, didn't mention Merkel and said the Powell-Fischer meeting was "relaxed" (in contrast to the Schroeder meeting).
"Die Welt"..Frostige Begegnung in Berlin
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I can't stand how Germans keep saying this was just a little difference of opinion among friends. Frankly, what they did didn't seem too friendly to me. We, the USA, have always been Germany's best friend. Now, they've led an opposition to us to save a dictator. That's not exactly a friendly thing to do. And they cannot say they are being consistent since they wanted us to overthrow Milosevic or at least kick him out of Albania. The German press and Schroeder's party are a bunch of hollier than thou twits who would rather have Saddam in power than see America and Britain liberate the Iraqis. They have squandered any moral authority they may have thought they had. They are not friends of the USA; they are friends of Chirac and Saddam.