France and Germany Face Anger Over Deficits as Recession Grips Euro-Zone

[demdave]

STRESA, Italy (AP) - France and Germany faced mounting pressure Friday to cut their budget deficits as their smaller euro-zone partners feared the big two's expanding debt risks destabilizing the currency bloc.
"We cannot have divisions whereby some obey the rules and others don't, because in the end we'll all have to pay a price for that," said Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser.



http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAIA5G6IKD.html

[hadrons]

1. yet, Georgie the Stupid wants them to send troops to Iraq and pay for it

[Nicholas_J]

2. And it is German and France

Who authorize their banks to provide the U.S. with loans to pay for our own government since we have been running a deficit.

They may just have to stop,

[cliss]

3. That's a good alibi.

As long as France and Germany are "tied up" with their own domestic problems and "donor's fatigue", at least they have a very good excuse for not participating in this Mad Hatter's adventure.

They can see only too well that this little excursion is headed for disaster. The Germans are level-headed, sensible people. They know a bad deal when they see it.

Lucky for them that they have a very convenient 'out'.