World News and Trends
An Overview of Conditions Around the World
by John Ross Schroeder and Jerold Aust
- Germany's new wave of anti-Americanism
- Significance of 31 new Roman Catholic cardinals
- Relentless push for a European superpower
- What brings Jacques Chirac back?
- Cursing more prevalent on American TV
- No substitute for proper parenting
Germany's new wave of anti-Americanism
Although German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder recently met with President George W. Bush and duly extended an olive branch, he first unleashed Germany's latent anti-Americanism when his position in government was seriously threatened before a national election. The disturbing factor is, however, not so much the politics of Herr Schroeder as it is much of the population's distorted view of America.
Normally conspiracy theories remain in the realm of fringe minorities. Nonetheless, the popular "Column One" feature in The Wall Street Journal Europe recently reported: "In Germany, however, the (conspiracy) theories have legs, and over the past few months, wave after wave of improbable and outrageous assertions have received serious hearings. A recent public-opinion poll by Forsa, one of Germany's major polling organisations, found that every fifth German believes that 'the U.S. government ordered the (9/11) attacks itself'" (Sept. 29, emphasis added throughout).
One wonders if the effects in Germany of seeing conspiracy-theme, fictional movies made in America somehow play a role in this badly misguided thinking.
Many in Germany apparently "further believe that the American government is in turn controlled by a Jewish world conspiracy and that Mossad (Israel's CIA) is behind the suicide bombers in Israel" (The Spectator, Sept. 13).
Bear in mind that these trends are not being reported by sleazy and sensational tabloids, but by veteran journalists on the scene in Berlin for highly respected newspapers and magazines. The Spectator in particular has made it clear that "a venomous stream of anti-American and anti-Semitic resentment has burst forth in Germany during the Iraqi crisis."
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