-Caveat Lector- http://www.expatica.com/germany.asp?pad=190,205,&item_id=30009 Rumsfeld dubbed ‘right-wing Bolshevik’
27 March 2003 BERLIN - German name-calling aimed at the US continued Thursday with the leader of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Greens coalition partner dubbing US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld a "right-wing Bolshevik." Reinhard Buetikofer, a co-leader of the Greens, said in a TV interview it was not the United States military which had sought a war in Iraq. "It was a few civilians who went wild and control the American Department of Defense ... This is Rumsfeld, (Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul) Wolfowitz and a group of people one could perhaps call right-wing Bolsheviks," Buetikofer said on Suedwestrundfunk TV. Bolsheviks were the hardline leaders of the Marxist party which led the Russian revolution in 1917 and established the first government of the former Soviet Union. The Greens serve as junior coalition partner in Schroeder's leftist government. Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer is a senior Greens member. Last year Schroeder's justice minister, Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, was forced to resign after she compared US President George W. Bush to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Another leading member of Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) compared Bush to Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. Earlier this year the SPD deputy defence minister, Walter Kolbow, reportedly called Bush "a dictator." This was subsequently denied by Kolbow. Chancellor Schroeder strongly opposes the Iraq war and this has caused severe diplomatic tensions with the United States. DPA Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutra <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
