Reply #5: That applies to any army, actually. [View All]

[Character Assassin]

The European Leaders know, that the USA might have the best weapons, but their army is much weaker than it seems.

The occupation of a nation is not the ideal task for an army, esp. when that nation is in the neighborhood Iraq is in and it has, to say the least, porous borders.

The USA is only good in "hit and run" (see Afghanistan).

Debatable.

Bombing them down and leave the dirty work and the costs to others.

Um, like whom?

Now, Europe has somehow reversed it. Germany did a lot of image work in the Iraq and elsewhere before to improve their image. Now, the Americans are seen as killers, invaders and incompent in everything they do, while the germans are the superior engineers and peacebringers.

Could be. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Schoenen Abend noch, Dirk.