Germany's leading role in arming Iraq

Asia Times ^ | February 5, 2003 | Marc Erikson

[jpthomas]

Expurgated portions of Iraq's December 7 report to the UN Security Council show that German firms made up the bulk of suppliers for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. What's galling is that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his minions have long known the facts, German intelligence services know them and have loads of information on what Saddam Hussein is hiding, and Schroeder nonetheless plays holier than thou to an easily manipulated, pacifist-inclined domestic audience.

If it's not the height of hypocrisy and opportunism, Schroeder's preemptive "no war. period" stance on Iraq and insistence on a "German Way" (Deutscher Weg) certainly come close. German Way? Haven't we heard that sort of talk before sometime, somewhere? But leave that be. It falls in the same category as Schroeder's former justice minister's comparison of US President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler in last summer's election campaign. Not only Schroeder and that unfortunate lady, but politicians elsewhere are of limited mental accountability when desperate about winning an election, and suffer lapses of speech and memory.

[jpthomas]

A long read, but well worth the effort. The author details how Schroeder's government is deliberately keeping the German and world public uninformed of BND (German foreign intelligence service) evidence and assessments on the continued existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

[ken5050]

D'ya every think what Tom Lehrer could do with this whole Iraq thing?....remember his classic "Werner von Braun?"

[Barnacle]

Powell laid out an unequivocal and comprehensive case against Saddam Hussein for the entire world to see. The question is not whether we will now act in time. The question is if it is now too late to avoid massive casualties of Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons.

Any country that fails to join the “Crusade of Righteousness” to remove Saddam Hussein post-haste, should be viewed not merely as negligent, but as a committed enemy of the United States and World peace.

[river rat]

Ah, the German dreams of power and killing Jews - never changes..
Only their allies change..

Semper Fi

[Sinner6]

the German dreams of power and killing Jews

It is that they are too European and Europe is a major haven for anti sematism.

[aculeus]

If it's not the height of hypocrisy and opportunism, Schroeder's preemptive "no war. period" stance on Iraq and insistence on a "German Way" (Deutscher Weg) certainly come close.

Height of hypocrisy bump.