New German chancellor takes softer stance on U.S.

"BERLIN -- Signaling a change in style, Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Wednesday to put aside past differences between Germany and the United States even as she pressed for the Bush administration to take seriously European concerns about alleged CIA prisons in Europe.
"Let the battles of the past lie -- those battles have been fought," Merkel said in her first speech to parliament as chancellor. "As far as the future is concerned, the new government will work with all its strength for a close, honest, open and trusting relationship in the trans-Atlantic partnership.""
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Ever notice how those of us that have lived, or had our families experience communism, tyrants and authoritarian rule first hand are the ones that are the stanches supporters of the US. And somehow people that have grown up enjoying all the blessings of liberty are the lest supportive of the US. Why is that?