Comments on: The Magical Merkel Tour Part II http://cominganarchy.com/2006/02/06/the-magical-merkel-tour-part-ii/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:09:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Atlantic Review http://cominganarchy.com/2006/02/06/the-magical-merkel-tour-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-115288 Atlantic Review Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:23:16 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=1602#comment-115288 <strong>American Bloggers in Berlin</strong> • Michael Scott Moore is a Fulbright journalist starting in September and blogs at Radio Free Mike. His most recent post is about President Bush's unsolicited massage of Chancellor Merkel. • Christy Leonardo blogs at Anglofritz "serving... American Bloggers in Berlin

• Michael Scott Moore is a Fulbright journalist starting in September and blogs at Radio Free Mike. His most recent post is about President Bush’s unsolicited massage of Chancellor Merkel. • Christy Leonardo blogs at Anglofritz "serving…

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]]> By: snow http://cominganarchy.com/2006/02/06/the-magical-merkel-tour-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-68159 snow Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:38:15 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=1602#comment-68159 A pleasant surprise to see Merkel taking a harder line. Admittedly, I wasn't expecting much with her weakened position. It's nice to see a major power align more with the US instead of lining up on the side of the blamers who always seem to be able to put the US at the center of their criticism. The US has made mistakes in the past and will continue to make mistakes, but Merkel understands that it's much better to ally oneself with a real power (a winner, as I've said elsewhere), rather than lesser powers such as France or Russia. The US will need plenty of support in dealing with Iran and with Germany finding some balls, maybe others will back some kind of action, instead of the usual European reaction of 'all talk and no action'. A pleasant surprise to see Merkel taking a harder line. Admittedly, I wasn’t expecting much with her weakened position. It’s nice to see a major power align more with the US instead of lining up on the side of the blamers who always seem to be able to put the US at the center of their criticism. The US has made mistakes in the past and will continue to make mistakes, but Merkel understands that it’s much better to ally oneself with a real power (a winner, as I’ve said elsewhere), rather than lesser powers such as France or Russia. The US will need plenty of support in dealing with Iran and with Germany finding some balls, maybe others will back some kind of action, instead of the usual European reaction of ‘all talk and no action’.

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