Gerhard Schroeder
Gerhard Schroeder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder; born 7 April 1944) is a German politician, and served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. As a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor he served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. Following the 2005 federal election, which his party lost, after three weeks of negotiations he stood...
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Whoever wants to settle this problem by military means must consider whether it advances the interests of an international alliance of 50 or more nations, many Muslim, or whether it will disturb and perhaps destroy this alliance,
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But take the military options off of the table; we have seen that they're not suitable,
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Military options can not help. We have experienced it,
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What happened was a tragic accident. These were soldiers doing their job, defusing two Russian rockets. It had nothing to do with a military conflict,
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We always said that the regime of Saddam Hussein does not correspondent to democracy and human rights... but you cannot solve such problems with military means.
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We have a common interest to bring the military operation to a speedy and successful conclusion. I am certain that this success is not only necessary, but achievable.
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It was a task that did not have anything to do with military conflict, ... There is no reason to question the mission.
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I see a military option a high-grade danger, ... Therefore I can certainly rule out that a German government under my leadership would take part in one.
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I say 'yes' to pressure on Saddam Hussein ... but I can only warn against playing games with war and military intervention,
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I personally think it would be wrong to go in and suspend the military action,
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I made clear I cannot accept the precondition that we must cease military activities first and then start negotiating. I'm sure the NATO partners see it the same way,
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We will never tolerate any splits or divisions in society,
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We are both of the opinion, and the French president said that quite clearly yesterday, that one can never accept it when it is said that war is unavoidable,
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The rules on using official planes were followed, ... That which is of a private nature is between two grown-ups and should not be part of a political debate. Shots are being fired here that are not appropriate.