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Joschka Schmoschka
2003-02-12
Michael Kelly in WaPo...
"Excuse me. I am not convinced."
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, lecturing to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Munich last week, after Rumsfeld's argument for war against Iraq.
Mr. Rumsfeld may have convinced the leaders of 18 European nations, but not you, Mr. Fischer. It's personal. This seems to me the right way to look at it. The question of failing to convince must be seen in the context of whom we have failed to convince. Sometimes "who" explains "why."
Posted by:kanji

#8  Herr Fischer seems to keep falling short of the mark, though. Instead of beer halls, he got a handful of radicals. Instead of Chanceller, he's only the foreign minister.

Not that he's not trying, mind you.
Posted by: Dishman   2003-02-12 21:40:16  

#7  From young street brawler to idealogue to minister? What a familiar pattern.
Posted by: Crescend   2003-02-12 20:02:15  

#6  "This is a man who's weapons experience is limited to Molotov Cocktails, and who's idea of combat is throwing said cocktails at police."
Posted by: Dishman   2003-02-12 19:19:32  

#5  "Herr Fischer, how many corpses would it take to convince you?"
or, alternatively,
"Of course it's not a threat, Herr Fischer. Your father didn't help turn people into lampshades, either."
Posted by: Dishman   2003-02-12 14:24:32  

#4  The average german was not "convinced" that there were concentration camps turning the jewish population of europe into bars of soap and lampshades, even when they right down the street from their own houses.



Posted by: Frank Martin   2003-02-12 14:12:26  

#3  What a joke this guy is? From Jew hating street thug to Foreign Minister. Kinda reminds you of... ummmmmmmmmm... Hitler?
Posted by: tu3031   2003-02-12 13:31:42  

#2  read it all at the link - it's devastating to those who pretend that Chirac, Fischer, et al are our moral superiors. He's a thug dressed up as a diplomat. Rumsfeld shoulda kicked his ass
Posted by: Frank G   2003-02-12 13:18:53  

#1  scathing.
Posted by: kanji   2003-02-12 12:48:19  

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