Volker Radke

Jerusalem Post, Editorial:

>>…Germany has become a key bottleneck in the sanctions campaign. While France and Britain are pressing for tighter EU sanctions, Germany is hiding behind the UN, where the Chinese and Russian veto prevails. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will meet with Bush in Crawford, Texas, in the coming days, is under domestic pressure not to enter into a campaign perceived in Europe as leading to war. She must now have the courage to say to her public and the more than 100 major German companies still trading with Iran: Tighter sanctions are the only way to prevent war and the necessity of military action. <<