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Germany believes Iraq wont go to bioterror

pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
The headline was a bit too long..but here's the story anyway. This is from the O'Reiley Factor website...I think its a little disturbing that more and more of these countries on the other side of the pond are taking sides with a mad man.

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Germany turns on America. That is the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo.

No nation on earth has been kinder to Germany than the United States. American dollars rebuilt that nation after it had embraced the evil dictator Hitler. American forces protected the majority of Germans from the Russians, who would have enslaved East Germany, which they did, and would have done the same thing to the West.

American dollars brought down the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall, freeing millions of Germans in 1989. And what do we get for all that?

Well, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said today that Germany will not provide troops or money in the fight against Saddam Hussein. Schroeder said, "This country under my leadership is not available for an adventure." Schroeder's government says it is skeptical that Saddam is an outlaw and has illegal weapons.

Talking Points says the Germans have once again proved themselves an unworthy ally and an ungrateful nation. Even after Iraq invaded Kuwait and was defeated in the Gulf War, Germany continued to do back-door business with Saddam despite the embargo. Even after Iraq fired Scud missiles at Israeli civilians and gassed the Kurdish people, Schroeder remains skeptical.

Well, with all due respect, blank you, Mr. Chancellor. It's obvious that Schroeder is putting his political career ahead of what is right. He's up for reelection and down in the polls, so he's trying to tap into anti-American feeling.

In the coming weeks, you will hear the drum beat of, let's see the proof regarding Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. But in this very dangerous age, the proof is in the deeds. We all know Saddam tried desperately to develop biological and chemical weapons because scientists who have defected have told us that. And U.N. weapons inspectors found evidence of that.

That's why Saddam ordered them out. But some people simply cannot handle the truth.

The irony is that 65 years ago, few believed the Nazi regime was bent on murdering millions of civilians, despite reporting by William Schirer [CBS Newsman and later author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany] and others, despite Hitler's own words, despite the S.S. and the Gestapo. Millions simply would not accept the brutality of the Third Reich, and we saw what happened.

And here we are again. This time, Hitler has been replaced by Saddam, a murderer by all accounts, a terrorist, and perhaps a madman. Yet Gerhard Schroeder and his pals remain skeptical.

Well, the No Spin truth is that Germany has no credibility when it comes to savage dictators, and it owes the United States loyalty and support. Schroeder and the Germans that support him should be ashamed.

And they should remember.

And that's "The Memo."

Comments

  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the report I hadnt seen that one.This forom is the best source for news.I quit subscribing to my news papers except for my local news.Thanks


    Best !!

    Rugster
  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most of the time, O'Reilly is pretty good & always better than the liberal party line on CNN & the big three networks. This BS is yet again evidence we should stop kowtowing to the Continentals on foreign policy. We are stupid if we expect gratitude from these governments. From some who remember the Second World War, the Marshall Plan, etc., maybe. But those Europeans born after 1960 have always lived in a safe little world where the US protected them militarily and their socialist politicians gave them cradle to grave financial protection. Real easy to ignore the dangers out there in the big bad world . . . and much safer to do so, at least in the short term.
  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    F the Jerry's!!
  • Patrick OdlePatrick Odle Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Against them or us?
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