EFL looks like the Iranians had a scoop as reported yesterday, based on actual anti-Americanism in Germany; note the lack of scare quotes
THE strained relations between Germany and the United States took a turn for the worse yesterday after a senior Berlin diplomat was reported to have told Foreign Ministry colleagues that America was turning into a ?police state?.
The comments of JÌrgen Chrobog, the State Secretary, reported in the German Focus magazine, threatened to disrupt intense diplomatic efforts to repair the relationship between Gerhard Schröder, the Chancellor, and President Bush.
Herr Chrobog is said to have given a blistering critique of the US-German relationship during the annual meeting of German ambassadors...
[The Times] |