[FreedomPoster]

I have a German tennis buddy who lives here in the States, just returned from Dusseldorf.

His comment the other night re Iraq:

"I hope the Americans go to the UN for a second resolution on Iraq - and then attack while the UN is dithering and Saddam thinks he is safe."

Many Germans are with us on this. They need a FreiRepublik.de to help them overcome their lamestream media, too.

[Guillermo]

Funny.

I have a close German friend too...he's constantly apologizing for Schroeder's behavior.

[Michael81Dus]

Nice to see that still many Americans have good connections to my fatherland. ;-)
And most of the FReepers having been to Germany at least have heard of my hometown Düsseldorf. That brings a smile to my face - and when I see the losers faces this evening, the smile will change to a loud laugh! Schröder and the SPD deserve a heavy setback.

But I fear that it´ll be closer than expected, although my party (CDU) will win both elections.

[A. Pole]

Many Germans are with us on this. They need a FreiRepublik.de to help them overcome their lamestream media, too.

Just remember that majority of Germans are strongly against this war. The very reason why Schroeder managed to stay in power is that he adopted (unwillingly) anti-war platform. The degree of his stringency is the measure of public pressure. Otherwise he would support US in a second.

Germans are deeply scarred by their militarism of last two World Wars and their former pride and lust for power over the world. I suspect that they project their feeling of guilt and suppressed arrogance on the America, imagining that Americans are repeating German errors from the past.

I am not sure if overcoming German inhibitions would be a good thing.

[facedown]

"I hope the Americans go to the UN for a second resolution on Iraq - and then attack while the UN is dithering and Saddam thinks he is safe."

Now there's a plan!