tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post110933346161971340..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: We Still Have Friends In GermanyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1109436118956536012005-02-26T10:41:00.000-06:002005-02-26T10:41:00.000-06:00I saw the quotes from der spiegel as well. These ...I saw the quotes from der spiegel as well. These folks should remember that old and experienced often equates to moribound and stagnate.<br /><br />They don't have any new ideas, don't want to have to come up with new ideas, they just want the world to go on as before.<br /><br />It can't. If they had 9/11, they'd think differently. That little train bomb in Madrid was nothing comparatively speaking.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1109431416103955132005-02-26T09:23:00.000-06:002005-02-26T09:23:00.000-06:00I saw this too. Pretty interesting and encouragin...I saw this too. Pretty interesting and encouraging. Of course it's just one demonstration, but still.<br /><br />However, it does point to a larger trend; Condi and Bush's recent trips to Europe had quite different outcomes than the one he took in 2003. Less acrimony this time. I saw some quotes from Der Spiegel in which the editorialist was asking that perhaps Europeans had it wrong. The quote was to the effect that "We made fun of Reagan after his 'tear down that wall' speech and were proven wrong, maybe we're wrong about Bush, too." <br /><br />To be sure, many or most Europeans still hate him and mock what's happening in Iraq, but many seem to have come to an acceptance, too. And, since the elections there, some have realized that Iraq might just work.<br /><br />Here's hoping, anyway.Tom the Redhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989584196825992054noreply@blogger.com