Pacifier

Definatly exaggerated, Schröder was elected for differend reasons, one has been his antiwar stance (while the CDU copied the US "hurray, we're going to war" mood). He made clear that he would not support a war without UN approval. The people liked that (among other things) and voted for him, thats democracy! While other nations, like spain or Britian ignored what the people want.

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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein