Vor allem Außenminister Guido Westerwelle (FDP) wird von den Amerikanern negativ beurteilt. Die Geheimberichte beschreiben ihn als inkompetent, eitel und amerikakritisch.
Am besten kommt Bundesverteidigungsminister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU) weg. Er sei ein "enger Freund der USA", der über Merkel klage und Westerwelle anschwärze. Eine Reaktion der Bundesregierung ist bislang ausgeblieben.
Among scores of disclosures that are likely to cause uproar, the cables detail:• Grave fears in Washington and London over the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, with officials warning that as the country faces economic collapse, government employees could smuggle out enough nuclear material for terrorists to build a bomb.• Suspicions of corruption in the Afghan government, with one cable alleging that vice president Zia Massoud was carrying $52m in cash when he was stopped during a visit to the United Arab Emirates. Massoud denies taking money out of Afghanistan.• How the hacker attacks which forced Google to quit China in January were orchestrated by a senior member of the Politburo who typed his own name into the global version of the search engine and found articles criticising him personally.• The extraordinarily close relationship between Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, and Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, which is causing intense US suspicion. Cables detail allegations of "lavish gifts", lucrative energy contracts and the use by Berlusconi of a "shadowy" Russian-speaking Italian go-between.• Allegations that Russia and its intelligence agencies are using mafia bosses to carry out criminal operations, with one cable reporting that the relationship is so close that the country has become a "virtual mafia state".• Devastating criticism of the UK's military operations in Afghanistan by US commanders, the Afghan president and local officials in Helmand. The dispatches reveal particular contempt for the failure to impose security around Sangin – the town which has claimed more British lives than any other in the country.• Inappropriate remarks by a member of the British royal family about a UK law enforcement agency and a foreign country.
Ach, möchtest du lieber haben das alles vom Ministerium der Wahrheit kommt ?
(SBU) Germany has a time-honored tradition of sending unwanted politicians to the EU Commission, although departing SPD EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen proved his worth during his tenure. Oettinger has criticized Merkel for her policy stances (on federal support to Opel and on generous subsidies to the former eastern states, for instance) and her purported lack of leadership while antagonizing other influential CDU leaders. In addition to being a poor public speaker, he has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth. The best-known example was his ill-advised 2007 defense of a CDU predecessor as an opponent of the National Socialist regime, despite his documented pro-Nazi war record.
wie wäre es mal mit den interna chinas?
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