German Reaction to President Bush's Speech on Iraq

On January 10, 2007, President Bush announced that the U.S. would send 21,500 more troops to Iraq. In light of this decision, AICGS has compiled a page of links comprising the German reaction to the President's announcement.

"The 'Ugliest Americans of All Time,'" by Charles Hawley and Siobhán Dowling, Der Spiegel International Edition, January 12, 2007.

"Bush's New Iraq Strategy: "The Most Dangerous Foreign Policy Blunder Since Vietnam," by Marc Pitzke, Der Spiegel International Edition, January 12, 2007.

"Verspätete Offensive," Financial Times Deutschland, January 11, 2007.

"Bushs Rede an die Nation," Financial Times Deutschland, January 11, 2007.

"Die Bushs und Barney gegen den Rest der Welt," by Matthias Rüb, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 14, 2007.

"Bedenken in Berlin, Lob aus London, Tadel von Teheran," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 11, 2007.

"Bush will Taten von den Demokraten sehen," Der Spiegel Online, January 13, 2007.

"Die Schlacht im Irak - Bushs letzte Chance," Der Spiegel Online, January 11, 2007.

"Gegen die Wand," by Peter Lindner, Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 11, 2007.

"Reaktionen: Lob und Skepsis," Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 11, 2007.

"20.000 Soldaten gegen die Fehler der Vergangenheit," Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 11, 2007.

Die Rede des US-Präsidenten im Wortlaut, Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 11, 2007.

"Bush will sich Kongress nicht beugen," Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 13, 2007.