Michael. Thank you for replying and acknowledging that there was some 'truth' to the contract weapons for oil deal. None of this really matters anyway.
What does matter is what you said last, and I hope is something we all can learn from.
Why I´m annoyed is that I always hear "F*** Germany!" and "Germany is our enemy". We´re not.
The same goes for the people of Italy, the people of Afghanistan, the people of Rhodesia, the people of the United States.
How many times do you think that US Citizens have heard the words "F*** the U.S., and "the U.S. is our enemy" ????? Do you think we like it?
Why, when France and Germany's leaders refused to help in Iraq, did the German people not speak up?
I have to appologize a bit for my somewhat unfriendly first posting. To me it looked like another rant against my country until I read further postings from you.
One thing many Americans have a hard time understanding is that after WW II the German people have become VERY VERY anti war. We are very pacifist, way too pacifist if you ask me. So war is a bad thing here, and if there is no really good reason to go to war, we rather don´t do it.
To illustrate: If the 9/11 attacks had been by say Iran bombing the US, people in Germany would have supported the US. But it did not and still doesn´t make much sense to many people here to invade Iraq "out of the blue".