AND, OFTEN AS NOT, THE HUN IS AT YOUR THROAT AND YOUR FOE'S FEET:

German Foreign Minister Opposes Taking Uighur Guantanamo Inmates: The US wants Germany to take a group of nine Guantanamo inmates of Uighur origin. But now German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is getting cold feet -- he's worried that taking the Uighurs could cause a spat with China. (Der Spiegel, 5/18/09)

The fate of a group of Guantanamo inmates of Uighur origin is threatening to drive a wedge between the US and Germany. The US has asked Germany to take in nine ethnic Uighur detainees. But now German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who had previously supported taking Guantanamo prisoners, is trying to prevent the group from coming to Germany, SPIEGEL has learned. [...]

[S]teinmeier is concerned that taking the men would cause a diplomatic spat with China, which considers the men to be terrorists and has demanded their extradition.

Odd as it is that some folks took Obama at his word, even stranger is that he took Europeans at theirs.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 18, 2009 7:06 AM