Schroeder: Iraq elections 'only small progress'

[leftchick]

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=16730&name=Schroeder%3A+Iraq+elections+'only+small+progress'+as+Rice+presses+NATO

BERLIN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Wednesday that Iraq's elections marked "only small progress" and again ruled out any use of military force against Iran's nuclear facility.

Schroeder said he told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at talks in Berlin last week that Germany could bolster aid in training Iraqi police at bases in the United Arab Emirates and provide help for building Iraq's civil structures.

"But I told our American friends clearly there is a line which I don't even think about crossing: German soldiers will not be in Iraq as long as we are in power," said Schroeder to applause of his Social Democrats


Schroeder made only terse comments on Iraqi elections last month.

"The elections were progress - but only small progress," he said.

[Larkspur]

1. Wow! Condi's "charm" certainly worked on Schroeder

:eyes:

She reenforced his position that Germany will not send in troops to Iraq to bail us out. Way to go Condi! :eyes: (I think I'm going to get dizzy with rolling my eyes over the next 4 years).

[Benhurst]

2. LOL! Did the White House really believe

Schroeder would fall prey to Condi's "charms"? What idiots!

[sundancekid]

3. imagine that -- someone telling it like it is -- and not allergic to truth