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  • #46
    Does anyone here know the actual quote?

    "Bush wants to distract attention from his domestic problems. That's a popular method. Even Hitler did that."


    One has to wonder where the insult lies.
    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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    • #47
      The insult lies in the minds of the reactionaries.
      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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      • #48
        What's behind the US style of the current election?
        I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
        For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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        • #49
          Originally posted by DinoDoc
          Aren't German troops in Afghanistan?
          AFAIK a few of our special forces are. It's pretty silent here about this, and nothing in the news, because it's pretty unpopular. IIRC is was told to be backed by the Atlantic alliance.

          Whatever is true, they are there without my permission.

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          • #50
            Hitler did a lot of things: he made campaing speeches, kissed babys, had photo ops, and so forth. So every politician as done something Hitler did also.

            Germany is a democracy- she shoud have the right to compare anytone to anyone, directly, or as she did, indirectly. We compare endless people to Hitler daily- why Bush should not be included, if Clinton was compared to hitler by many in the US also, is beyond me, but of course, i don't sleep with a picture of Bush under my pillow.
            If you don't like reality, change it! me
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            "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
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            • #51
              ISAF has lots of Germans, and it is officially confirmend that ca. 100 special forces from the KSK operate together with the allied forces (not as part of ISAF)
              Blah

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              • #52
                Originally posted by BeBro
                100 special forces from the KSK operate together with the allied forces (not as part of ISAF)
                I think he meant those.

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                • #53
                  Yes, I did. Now would you like to answer the other question I asked?
                  I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                  For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                  • #54
                    Why are Germans so opposed to go to war with Iraq?

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                    • #55
                      That's actually an interesting question.

                      After WW2 the German foreign policies were curtailed to almost non existant. But whatever remained (and it has gotten hugely stronger since) was positively in favor of whatever the US said.

                      What has constituted this recent (?) change of attitudes?

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                      • #56
                        Yes, I did. Now would you like to answer the other question I asked?
                        You mean why this "US style of the election" now - hm, good question. Perhaps because both top candidates aren´t really that different in their programs, so they lay more attention into other details - public image etc...

                        Why are Germans so opposed to go to war with Iraq?
                        Well, if someone would kick Saddam out, I would not be very angry about it... However, there are still unanswered questions, after the victory, what next? I mean, there are still problems in Afghanistan, how can we hope for a better development in a post-war Iraq when currently even Afghanistan is far away from being a more stable, democratic country?

                        And if such a process fails in the Iraq, wouldn´t that mean the world has to face the same problems again, when another dictator comes to power there? So, what plans have the USA for the Iraq once Saddam is out?
                        Blah

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                        • #57
                          BeBro, that's exactly Schreder's electoral campaign you told me

                          Nevertheless, from what I gather the Germans are opposed just because of common sense

                          Still it doesn;t explain that in the past US actions with even less common sense than that were promplty followed by Germany.

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by BeBro
                            You mean why this "US style of the election" now - hm, good question. Perhaps because both top candidates aren´t really that different in their programs, so they lay more attention into other details - public image etc...
                            Is it really playing well with the average German?

                            how can we hope for a better development in a post-war Iraq when currently even Afghanistan is far away from being a more stable, democratic country?
                            Iraq does have one thing going for it that Afghanistan doesn't. Iraq is much richer.
                            I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                            For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                            • #59
                              Maybe it's an election tactic. In Germany there are some leftist which are very anti-american, and if the election is very close Schroeder hopes that if he cracks some anti-american statements he is hoping to have some leftists voting for him.

                              Well just a theory..
                              Daniel W
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                              • #60
                                shigamoto (BTW your handle in Greek can be translated as: **** shi ) that's exactly what I am saying.

                                And since Schreder managed to turn the whole thing in his favor using just the antimaiercan feelings of the people, there must be a good deal of them.

                                remember he was far behind stoiber (sp?) before he started using these antiwar rhetorics.

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