Article: Playing all sides; Germany's foreign policy.(Germany's emerging foreign policy)

Afghans ja, Iraqis nein

Soft talk in Washington does not mark a retreat from independence

TALK about a delicate exercise in oratory. When Gerhard Schroder, Germany's chancellor, took the floor at the United Nations in New York on September 24th to mark the 30th anniversary of his country joining the organisation, he had two conflicting aims: first, to reaffirm Germany's commitment to multilateralism and the rule of law in world affairs; second, to do so without annoying the United States and President George Bush, with whom he had just had the first meeting of substance since the transatlantic crisis over Iraq began last year.

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