Posted on 02/23/2005 9:19:48 AM PST by pissant
MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) - Some 7,000 protesters, some carrying banners saying "Bush go home", "War Monger" and "No. 1 Terrorist", marched through the German town of Mainz on Wednesday but were kept away from the visiting U.S. president.
The largely peaceful rally never got within a kilometre (half mile) of U.S. President George W. Bush, who is on his first German visit since the 2003 Iraq war, which was deeply unpopular in Germany.
"I'm disgusted by the war in Iraq Bush started that has cost thousands of civilian lives," said Thomas Odenweller, 49, a computer technician. "Now he's trying to normalise relations with Europe. It must be stopped."
Ignoring snow and freezing temperatures, the demonstrators held banners chastising Bush in English with slogans such as: "You can bomb the world to pieces but not into peace." Many had pre-printed posters reading: "Bush, No. 1 Terrorist".
Before the march, one speaker told the crowd: "Mr. Bush, please leave our country. You started an illegal war against Iraq."
German police confiscated one poster that read: "We had our Hitler, now you have yours."
Some protesters praised Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for his opposition to the Iraq war and refusal to send troops.
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heck, thats what the American liberals call him
That is pathetic, you can get 7000 German's to protest the use of soap, but then again, you can get most of the country to protest the use of soap.
Osama's 7000 useful idiots.
Only 7000 of the old East German commie-scum propagandists turn out? Pathetic.
100,000 plus people hit the streets in Greece when Clinton went there; they dang near burned up Athens. There were bombs, hundreds of people taken to the hospital.
Heck, Clinton even had to cut his three day trip to Turkey down to about five hours.
At least they still haven't come up with any new ideas.
I will say the same thing I say whenever I hear of one of these Euro-protests of Bush or America: So?
Right Hans,
you 'chermans' would never, ever cause people any grief or involve the world in any of your deeds......
Well I think I'll go see whats on the 'Hitler'...errr...History Channel..bye
LOL!
7000 more reasons to move the bases OUT of Germany ASAP and relocate to more favorable ground in Eastern Europe.
I was in central London when the UK protesters marched past last year. I thought they were chanting, "George Bush: Number One Tourist."
Sheesh, I thought. One minute they say he's bad because he doesn't travel...
Lots of sound, fury, and self-righteous moral superiority, but little substance or facts.
The krauts could sting people from New Ulm (Nelson Barracks)to Kurmacker Kaserene (Vahinigien) and not a have space missing.
Now a measly 7000, Government Stipends must be running out.
7,000 ? It's not many.
"Up" is "down," "yes" is "no," "wrong" is "right," "evil" is "morality," "Saddam" was "democratically elected," and "Bush" is a "terrorist." (A glimpse into the diseased mind of the left.)
I think the U.S. should pull out of Germany.
You know what?? Who cares?? President Bush is in Europe to try and let them know the world is a dangerous place and they are all first on the list of the bad stuff coming in!! If you sell this bad stuff to a terrorist, he will make you a number one target because he doesn't care who you are unless you are one of his kind!! A terrorist uses what he can that works for him and when it quits working, you become a target like the rest of the civilized world. Terrorists and those who support them are not civilized people and will never understand the rule of law.
If they hate President Bush so much I suspect that they also hate the Americans stationed in Germany.
don't forget 2+2=5
Hey, Tommy.....were you disgusted by the tens of thousands of murders ordered by Saddam????
SHUT YOUR STRUDEL HOLE
This quote applies directly to myself!
It's about time the Krauts acknowledged that we're #1.
Re-bury General LeMay, cancel the daylight bombing raids.
Germans have a conscience to clear, and they're desperately seeking "Hitlers" to justify their real one. How many times have I heard that "Sharon is Hitler", and "Zionism is Nazism" come out of German protests?
Germany (and France) is on its way out as a superpower. The once-mighty German industrial base has had to join the EU (as France has) for any hope of competing in the new world market. Bush's visit to Europe is a de facto, parental arm around the shoulders of a crybaby European Union... Is there any better way to underscore the weakness of Germany and their position on the war than a visit by a real grownup? Like a parent, Bush has shouldered the responsibility of protecting the child... no matter how loudly the child protests.
"German protesters call Bush 'No. 1 Terrorist'"
Well, you know, I have lots of faith in the German people and their ability to identify major terrorists. Just look at their track record with Hitler, for example.
/Sarcasm
Hitler dreamed of a unified Europe. His sequel to Mein Kampf also stated that Europe's ultimate and final enemy was the United States, purely because it was the only single entity with a large enough population and agricultural sector to underwrite a military threat that could potentially counter the actions of a Fortress Europe. The manuscript was never published in great quantity, but make no mistake, it does exist. There was a program on the History Channel about it, and it wasn't one of those kook conspiracy ones, either. It ran in Late January or Early February of this year.
The real irony here is that you have people claiming to be anti-fascist who are actually furthering Hitler's personal visions, probably in near-total ignorance of that fact.
Those neo-Nazi Germans are merely calling Bush Hitleresque to draw attention away from their own return to idolizing Hitler and their longings for what to them was the good old days.
"Only 7000 protesters? Bush must be losing his touch."
LOL! He should announce that the U.S. is ending its occupation immediately – of Europe, and U.S. soldiers will be leaving Germany tomorrow.
Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com
"Now he's trying to normalise relations with Europe. It must be stopped."
This from the same country that bought you Adolph Hitler.
I'm surprised Germans found time in their busy schedule to protest the president. We must of caught these child hungry perverts between trips to Asia.
How ironic that the citizens of one of the world's premier murderous nations, Germany, responsible for the death of 55 million people during WWII calling the President of the country that has saved more lives and freed more people in the history of the world a terrorist would be hilarious were it not so perfidious and bass ackwards.
A very, very black pot calling the kettle black. What will the stupid Europeans say or do when the Islamization of Europe is complete and they are all slaves to a totally intolerant Islamofascist regime in their native country?
Kein bier oder swinefleisch fur sie Hans. Viel gluck. (Please pardon my bad German)
Out of like 80 million people...BWAHAHAHAHAHAH
None of these protests are very big when you do the math.
Exactly!! My 83 y.o. German mother said, "Hitler would be proud of the E.U." I guess my uncle in Germany is in staunch opposition of the union.
Yeah! Bush, come home. And take with you the 75,000 US troops who are stationed in Germany
You got that right.
They are ticked that they had to live under the communist rule.
I have seen it many times when visiting my family in Germany.
Deutchland: dast ist kaput.
So much for any kind of claim to the superiority of the European education system...
The Germans should read up on the history of the Ba'thist Party & it's relationship with the Nazi Party of Hitler.
Iraq was unfinished business left over after WWII. History is repeating itself, with German popular opinion leaning in favor of the Nazi again.
Circulation of the NY Slimes must be at an all time high there amongst liberal circles.
Germany has never been far right. Hitler was a socialist. Nazi was short for National Socialists Party.
When leftists protests include violent incidents the MSM characterizes the event as largely peaceful. If a Freeper rally resulted in an inadvertant door ding it would be characterized as a boiling cauldron hate fest that became a lawless riot.
"Right" and "left" are relative depending on what country you're in. In Hitler's Germany, he was considered on the "right" or a "conservative" even though he was a socialist pig because he preached ancient Teutonic myth a lot and reminded desperate, cold, unemployed people of their proud and ancient heritage. If the same thing were to happen in today's Germany, Gerhardt the socialist's party MIGHT be switched from the "left" where it is now to the "right" or more likely, "moderate".
It's no biggie, just confusing.
That's too close to correct for the liberal mind.
More like 2+2=57.4
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