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...reportedly compared Bush's tactics to Hitler's. One reason for the Bushies' anger, Administration sources claim, is that Schroder left a clear impression with Bush that he would eventually support the U.S. against Iraq. "Schroder looked him in the eye and lied," says one Bush aide. Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer seems eager to repair the breach. He says he wants to schedule a trip to the U.S. and hopes a "window of opportunity" will open up in the next few weeks, but that sounds a lot like he has not been invited...
...embarked on a post-election campaign of calculated snubs of Schröeder and his deputies. The odd thing is that, for all the Administration's display of pique, the German election turned out about as well as Washington could have hoped. The Green party, led by Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, was the big winner at the polls, and of all the leading German politicians, he's the one with the most instinctive feel and affection for the U.S. 'I know the United States very well,' he told time. 'Bob Dylan was more important for my political orientation than Karl...
...mediation in the Middle East. It's not for lack of trying, though. Javier Solana, the E.U.'s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, has made several attempts to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians - to no avail. And in April German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer put forward proposals that could serve as a blueprint for fresh talks. Fischer's plan calls for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to appoint a caretaker prime minister until January, when newly elected officials would carry out the reforms necessary for the establishment of a Palestinian state...
...when Bush the Elder refused to go the last mile and topple Saddam in 1991. They remember America's isolationist reflexes in Bosnia and Kosovo - "Let's bomb 'em and get out." Allies loathe entrapment in indeterminate wars that leave them holding the bag. Listen to German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer make the point. Does the U.S. understand, he asks, that victory has to be followed by a "complete reordering of the Middle East, above all politically?" This might "require a U.S. presence that could last for decades. But are the Americans truly willing to stay...
...anti-Semitism on themselves. Möllemann later apologized to Jewish leaders, but the controversy continues to simmer. It's not clear from opinion polls whether the Möllemann flap will help or hinder the FDP in September's elections. When asked whether they support current Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer or Westerwelle for the job, 69% of respondents chose Fischer. Embarrassingly, even 57% of FDP supporters said they preferred Fischer