Oh, Well, THAT'S a Relief

The Bush crackheads will see this as a big victory for their side. That's how perverse these people are.

Germany Rejects Speculation That Iraq Policy May Change

German officials today reaffirmed their policy of not contributing troops to the American-led coalition in Iraq and rejected speculation, prompted by a remark by the country's defense minister, that that policy might change in the foreseeable future.

"There will be no German soldiers in Iraq," a government spokeman, Thomas Steg, said, answering reporters' questions about a report in The Financial Times in which Defense Minister Peter Struck seemed to hold the door open for a possible change in Germany's policy.