[PEN-L:30477] Re: Re: Germany: Election results

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect that the US government demanded the head of the German justice
minister on a plate. Bush refused to take a telephone call from Schroeder,
and extraordinarily, on the very day of voting, the justice minister was
forced to indicate that she would probably be resigning, for making a
theoretical reference to Hitler.

I think this is ominous for the degree of internal pressure in all
countries to sign up to US military hegemony.

Chris Burford

London


At 23/09/02 01:38 -0400, you wrote:


> Schroeder, whose outspoken defiance against war with Iraq was
> credited with giving him a late-push in the tight campaign, said
> he won't back down. He has insisted he would not commit troops
> for a war even if the United Nations ( news - web sites) backs
> military action.
>
> (do they usually send troops? is this an issue really?)
>
> Washington with a conciliatory letter to Bush. Washington reacted
> coolly - indicating to analysts that a Schroeder team will have
> to work hard to repair the traditionally strong bond.
>
> (oh please)