The emperor has no clothes....

It looks like the Germans are about to get slammed for telling it like it is....

THE strained relations between Germany and the United States took a turn for the worse yesterday after a senior Berlin diplomat was reported to have told Foreign Ministry colleagues that America was turning into a “police state”.

The comments of Jürgen Chrobog, the State Secretary, reported in the German Focus magazine, threatened to disrupt intense diplomatic efforts to repair the relationship between Gerhard Schröder, the Chancellor, and President Bush.

According to the article, there have been only two (!) telephone conversations between Bush and Schroder since the Chancellor won the German election last September, and only a few sparse words have been exchanged at summits.

Way to go, Bush! You show 'em that the most powerful military force in the history of the planet is under the petulant command of a man with the emotional development of a five-year-old. (Or does that comparison slight five-year-olds?)

Complete story here in the Times/UK.