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Poll shows many Germans see U.S. behind Sept 11
Reuters ^
| 23 Jul 2003 15:18:43 GMT
Posted on 07/23/2003 10:03:22 AM PDT by yonif
BERLIN, July 23 (Reuters) - Almost one in three Germans below the age of 30 believes the U.S. government may have sponsored the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, according to a poll published on Wednesday.
And about 20 percent of Germans in all age groups hold this view, a survey of 1,000 people conducted for the weekly Die Zeit said.
It also said 68 percent of all Germans felt the media had not reported the full truth behind the attacks, in which some 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
After the September 11 attacks, there was an outpouring of sympathy from Germans for the United States. Despite misgivings, Germany joined a military campaign against the al Qaeda network that Washington blamed for the attacks.
But as the United States geared up for war against Iraq, relations soured bady as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder expressed vocal opposition to the plans.
Although the United States took strong offence at Berlin's attitude, Schroeder's anti-war stance was popular in Germany and helped him to snatch victory in last September's elections.
Asked whether they believed that the U.S. government could have ordered the September 11 attacks itself, 31 percent of those surveyed under the age of 30 in the poll answered "yes", while 19 percent overall gave the same answer.
Die Zeit said widespread disbelief about the reasons given by the United States for going to war in Iraq and suspicion about media coverage of the conflict had fostered a climate in which conspiracy theories flourished.
"The news is controlled," 17-year old Kenny Donaubaur was quoted as saying. "You could see that in the Iraq war. It doesn't seem to me thet you get the full truth."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911denials; antiamerican; believedhitlerslies; blameamericafirst; conspiracy; denydenydeny; germans; germany; hate; hateamericafirst; holocaustdenials; ministryofpropaganda; poll; projection; september11th; stalinsusefulidiots; terrorism; tinfoil; usefulidiots; wtc2001
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To: McGavin999
What a sick bunch of people. We should have let them all starve. LOL! I didn't realize the Germans were getting food aid from us.
To: yonif
"The news is controlled," 17-year old Kenny Donaubaur was quoted as saying. "You could see that in the Iraq war. It doesn't seem to me thet you get the full truth."Sure your news is controlled and your not getting the full truth......Look at the F...ing! B...S...! you belived Kenny!
To: Prodigal Son
They aren't now, but during the Berlin blockade we flew food in to them at great risk to our pilots. Also, right after the war, many were starving. Had we not bothered with them, maybe some of these spoiled brats wouldn't be around to mouth off at their betters.
To: McGavin999
Oh, your post made it seem like you were talking about now.
Keep in mind, not all Germans agree with this poll. A large majority, in fact, do not. I wouldn't want to have my image as an American determined by what the liberal wing of the democratic party thought.
To: Prodigal Son
Correction, I misread your post.
At any rate, there are many more Germans who are grateful for our help than are not. We shouldn't take it out on an entire people because of the extreme views of a few.
To: yonif
The headline should be "Germany continues to be easy to lie to."
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:48:17 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Kakkate Koi!)
To: nutmeg
read later bump
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posted on
07/23/2003 6:52:58 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
To: yonif
Why has the U.S. one single solitary soldier in this cuckoos' nest of anti-American Y-Generation goofballs??
If we must maintain a "presense" in Eastern Europe, let's get the h*ll out of Germany and hunker down in Poland or Estonia.
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posted on
07/23/2003 7:15:42 PM PDT
by
F16Fighter
(Ann Coulter for Attorney General... Joe Scarborough for VP...Tom Tancredo as Homeland Security Chief)
To: dirtboy
Germany: second largest moose limb population. Second only to....France.
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:04:01 PM PDT
by
Binyamin
To: VOA
the flower of Egyptian males. That explains a lot...
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:08:07 PM PDT
by
Binyamin
To: yonif
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:23:56 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Runs with scissors.....)
To: F16Fighter
I don't mind our people there. Need to keep an eye on them. I'm more concerned about their German Air Force Flying Training Centers here in the US.
Would they attack us on command?
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:29:16 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Runs with scissors.....)
To: Calpernia
"I'm more concerned about their German Air Force Flying Training Centers here in the US....Would they attack us on command?"The odds of U.S. based Luffwaffe dropping A-Bombs here in America under the command of the EU, is about the same odds as Mexico invading our sovereign borders. /sarcasm/
IOW, our national security is severly compromised STILL.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:53:44 PM PDT
by
F16Fighter
(Ann Coulter for Attorney General... Joe Scarborough for VP...Tom Tancredo as Homeland Security Chief)
To: knighthawk
Cute.
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posted on
07/24/2003 2:44:12 PM PDT
by
rmlew
("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
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To: Privacy
I will never understand what defective gene makes people ignore rational, well-documented and redundant evidence, in favor of conspiracy theories with no basis in fact. It's a puzzlement. :)
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posted on
09/12/2003 3:11:05 PM PDT
by
veronica
(http://www.majorityleader.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=123)
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