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2005-10-31 Europe

Merkel to transform Germany's relationship with US

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Posted by Steve White 2005-10-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Right. She's not getting anywhere with the anti-American clowns running their foreign office.

Posted by JSU 2005-10-31 00:22|| 2005-10-31 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Still, I like the sound of what she is saying. A clear shift towards the USA/UK/Australia view of the world.

Posted by phil_b 2005-10-31 01:05|| 2005-10-31 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 lip service is all she can do. The party of Gerd controls the Foreign Ministry.

Count on zero change.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-10-31 03:34|| 2005-10-31 03:34|| Front Page Top

#4 In the end, all the diplomats can do is talk. Chancellor Merkel is the one who signs the checks.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-10-31 06:03|| 2005-10-31 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 lip service is all she can do. The party of Gerd controls the Foreign Ministry.

Count on zero change.

Gerd ran the foreign policy last time and Fischer was often very unhappy about it but could do nothing. Merkel will do the same to whatever SDP loser is going to be made a sap. Given that she can do little else with her odd coalition, I would expect her to focus on FP to build stature for next election.

Posted by Jeger Elmunter6334 2005-10-31 07:46|| 2005-10-31 07:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Hell, I would be perfectly happy with an indifferant neutral Germany. One that works on solving its problems with real solutions rather than blaming America/Jews/Turks.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-31 08:15|| 2005-10-31 08:15|| Front Page Top

#7 I doubt the Foreign Ministry is on the Whitehouse speed dial list. SchrÃ¶der should know better than to think George or Condi can't pick up the phone and directly call Angela. Just because George wouldn't answer Gerhard's calls, doesn't mean the the Chancellory is on the call block list.

Posted by ed 2005-10-31 10:13|| 2005-10-31 10:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Having grown up on the East side of the wall, Merkel is fully acquainted with the fruits of leftest-think and old fashioned communism. Staying 'loose' when deal with Chirac might prevent a boning. The fact that the Social Dems have doubts is a good thing. I am hopefully about her election.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-10-31 15:32|| 2005-10-31 15:32|| Front Page Top

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