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SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT
New York Post ^
| 9/21/02
| DEBORAH ORIN
Posted on 09/21/2002 2:23:06 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:08:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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September 21, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder yesterday wrote President Bush to express "regret" for reports that his justice minister compared Bush to Adolf Hitler over Iraq.
The White House declined comment on the apology. "We received a letter," said a spokesman.
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posted on
09/21/2002 2:23:06 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Hitler was the popular politician in Germany at one point.
Maybe she likes the President. That's why she said it (*:oDX
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posted on
09/21/2002 3:00:02 AM PDT
by
UbIwerks
To: UbIwerks
I could care less if they become a Russian State, time to bring our troops home, let them worry about plugging the Fulda Gap!
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posted on
09/21/2002 3:24:09 AM PDT
by
Naplm
To: kattracks
After firing off an indignant letter to German Embassy, this is what I got:
Dear visitor of Germany-info.org:
Thank you for your email.
In a personal letter to US President George W. Bush, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said today that he very much regretted that purported remarks by the German Minister of Justice created an impression that hurt the Presidents feelings. "Let me assure you that there is no room in my cabinet for anyone who speaks of the President of the United States of America and a criminal in the same breath" the Chancellor wrote. "The Spokesman of the White House rightly pointed to the close and special ties between the German and the American people." Justice Minister Herta Däubler-Gmelin has called the connection between her and an alleged comparison of Bush and Nazi officials, as reported in a regional newspaper in Germany, erroneous and slanderous. Minister Däubler-Gmelin telephoned the US Ambassador to Germany on September 20 to explain the incident. Speaking to the press on the same day, Minister Däubler-Gmelin said that she regretted that the highly emotional press coverage of the matter was beginning to cast a shadow on the good German-American relationship.
Sincerely,
German Embassy / Press Office
To: Naplm
Yes, get our troops out of Germany. They can easily be stationed in Poland. Call your senators and representative and let them know that you want action...
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posted on
09/21/2002 3:59:14 AM PDT
by
Sunsong
To: kattracks
Lemme get this straight: Germany supports and encourages the extremists who want to deport and kill Jews, while Bush opposes them.
Yeah, there's definitely something Hitlerish going onhere.
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