Did Merkel's grovelling before Israel look embarrassing?

Question

I'll bet she promised more German taxpayer money to Israel.

Answer 1

No, it was not embarrassing. It is called Politics. WHAT was Embarrassing was the way President Bush grabbed Merkel at a European Summit Meeting. That was Embarrassing!

Answer 2

Germany has troops in Afghanistan because of Bush's famous "If you aren't with us, you're against us" speech.  Germany decided to help America fight terror where it needed to be fought - in Afghanistan, not in Iraq.

Answer 3

Yes it I think it was embarrassing , but I'm to young to understand all what happened in the past.

Answer 4

I can't understand American...many of them still believe Germany is full of 'n***s' and it's still 'dangerous' for Jews! Now Germany is a friend of Irsael and the Jewish people and you write this c**p about the 'money of taxpayers'. But there's something that really annoys German people: that America wanted to force Germany to send more troups to Afghanistan! Germany wants to help with the rebuilding but never again wants to send soldiers into a war..

Answer 5

Why was it embarrassing? She was admitting the fault of Germany, and vowing that it won't ever happen again. What should be embarrassing for some Germans is the way some are so xenophobic. I am a woman of color living in Germany, and have been the subject of many stares, ignorant comments, and most recently a couple yelling at me to "get out of Germany". I live in the north, and am well aware that most people are not this way, but many are. More so than in the Netherlands, Britain and the USA. And the manner in which some Germans talk about Turkish people is even more astounding, calling them "strange", "outsiders" and making really ignorant generalizations about their culture. This leads me to believe that this is not as liberal and accepting a country as many Germans believe it to be. Don't get me wrong, I have me a lot of nice German people who are in no way racist, but it does exist here, and considering the history it' quite disturbing.

And YES I know that the holocaust happened seventy years ago, but realize that something like that still effects the present and future.

EDIT-Hmm, thumbs down from people who can't stand the truth? Point well proven. Thanks!

Answer 6

Germany has troops in Afghanistans for the same reasons the US has troops in Afghanistan. Mrs Merkel`svisit to Israel was not embarassing - Germany is Israel`s 2nd most important trading partner; Germany and Israel are close allies in the struggle against terror - do not forget: in Europe terror started in the 70s; and they did beat the bad guys. Her speech was remakable in front of the Israeli parliament.