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The war is proving unpopular in Germany where Schroeder is more popular than the Christian Democratic leader for the first time in six months. When people lose interest in the war this is, thank God, going to die down.

Two interesting things to come out of this. People are rallying to their governments during this international crisis, whether Germans opposing the war, Brits supporting it and the Iraqis fighting it. Secondly, does anyone really think that this will last once the sports stars getting the headlines again?