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| IsraelÂ’s Olmert favours Germans in Lebanon force |
| 2006-08-04 |
| BERLIN - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would welcome the participation of German soldiers in a stabilisation force in South Lebanon, he said in an interview with a German newspaper on Friday. ”I have informed (German) Chancellor Angela Merkel that we have absolutely no problem having German troops in South Lebanon,” Olmert told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. “There is no other nation that Israel considers more of a friend that Germany ... I would be very happy if Germany participated,” he said. The German government has not ruled out sending troops to the Middle East but many citizens are uneasy about sending soldiers to the region some 60 years after the Holocaust. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Israel needs Peacekeepers that will be seen as non-partisan and who will actually do the job. Germany needs to prove they've moved beyond WW2. German peacekeepers are a brilliant idea. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-08-04 16:53 |
| #10 Yea, the irony doth drip heavily. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-04 15:14 |
| #9 Kalle pegged it. twobyfour, Chancellor Merkel has at least some ideas about backbones, and sometimes employs it appropriately. The next election in Germany should be interesting -- as I recall the Conservatives barely won last time, which really limited what Merkel could accomplish; the next election will reveal what the Germans really want to have done. Chiraq, on the other hand, combines all the worst stereotypes of the French is one smarmy package. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-04 15:10 |
| #8 It would be fitting for Germany to send 15,000 real soldiers to South Lebanon, fighting soldiers, who would have to battle Hizb'Allah and sometimes die while protecting Israel. You're talkin' some serious poetic justice there, Kalle. Bravo. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-04 15:06 |
| #7 At the very least they could provide the locals with much more accurate translations of the ever-popular "Mein Kampf." |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-04 15:04 |
| #6 BigEd, yes, you need to. Please elaborate. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-04 14:31 |
| #5 Germany : Chancellor Merkel France : President Chirac Do we need to say anything else, people? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-08-04 12:36 |
| #4 It would be fitting for Germany to send 15,000 real soldiers to South Lebanon, fighting soldiers, who would have to battle Hizb'Allah and sometimes die while protecting Israel. Give them a 50-year UN "mandate" to hunt down and kill Islamofascists in Lebanon. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-08-04 11:36 |
| #3 What does Olmert have against Germany? Uh, never mind. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-04 09:27 |
| #2 But is Lili Marlene permitted? |
| Posted by: Uloter Grinenter8414 2006-08-04 09:23 |
| #1 “There is no other nation that Israel considers more of a friend that Germany ... I would be very happy if Germany participated,” he said. ....less the Horst Wessel song of course. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-04 09:13 |