US coffins in German election campaign

[neweurope]

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,518325,00.jpg

It says: "She would have sent soldiers". Which is true - Merkel from the CDU would have been right alongside you in Iraq.


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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Greeby]

1. Therefore

Would it not have more impact to photoshop the German flags on them? :shrug:

[neweurope]

2. No. There ARE no war dead (only some very, very few from peace

keeping missions). Contrary to you in the US we are very familiar with the sight of US coffins, though. And this picture is especially well known and very powerful. That's probably why the CDU critizises Schwanitz vehemently over it.

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Bush to The Hague!

[ohio_liberal]

4. Very powerful indeed

:thumbsup:

[Kellanved]

3. to clarify: that's an ad used by one candidate

in one district. It is not part of the federal campaign, nor of any of the state-level campaigns.

I like Schwanitz; I met him and he's a good one. But I can not support his choice of campaign imagery.