US Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice says the relationship between US President George W Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der will never be the same again. The chancellor's persistent opposition to the US-led war against Iraq seriously strained US-German relations.
In an interview that will appear on Monday in the German weekly Focus, the US security advisor says Washington's relationship with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer is also at a low. Mr Fischer's past as a left-wing activist in the 1960's is said not to fit the profile of a statesman. The American criticism comes at a time when US Secretary of State Colin Powell is trying to improve relationships with Germany.
Radio Netherlands May 24{not the news part, the surreal news part, like those cheap horror movies where the guy's hand starts moving on its own, creeping toward his throat...}
