from the irony file...
http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040225085130.xq1tr30c.html
...the US ambassador to Berlin told Germany on Wednesday that it had to increase the amount of money it spends on defence...
"If Germany wants to have the necessary military capabilities, it must dedicate at least two percent of its gross domestic product to defence,"...
...the United States did not want always to take the lead in the fight against terrorism, "but we are forced to because our allies cannot always keep pace."
Yeah, if they had more tanks, they might have been able to help us invade Iraq...