I thought Schroeder's head was so far up his ass that it could never be extracted - but this may help.
As Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to mend frayed relations with Germany, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder agreed Friday that sanctions against Iraq "make no sense." With Powell signaling the Bush administration was in a compromising mood on the text of a U.N. resolution, Schroeder said the burden of the economic squeeze on the Iraqi people should be removed as soon as possible. And Powell, at a joint news conference after a half-hour meeting at Schroeder's office, said: ``I was pleased with the chancellor's commitment to lift the sanctions entirely.'' |