Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
Firn--Merkel's speech today in Parliament before she left for Brussels was a hardening in her tone---
my emphasis

Surely we are a long way past the need for a change in tone but rather in need of some action?

But good for her and Germany for showing more balls than contained in the current White House.

Before the focus on gutlessness stays only on Obama we need to remember that George Bush's bottle went with the Georgia crisis back in 2008 which sent a message to Russia. The Russians can be forgiven for interpreting the continued US draw down of troops in Europe as a withdrawal to avoid confrontation.