Joschka Goes Yankee? : Former German Foreign Minister might move to US.

[Kellanved]

Germany's former foreign minister is reportedly eyeing a new career across the Atlantic. He's yet to decide on a new employer but a tiger and a pilgrim are likely to play a role.

When German tabloid Bild recently published a picture of an elderly gray-haired man watering the plants on his balcony, few could believe that German political superstar Joschka Fischer had suddenly exchanged the buzzing world of international diplomacy for creepy-crawlies wriggling around his fingers.

But Fischer, who had just lost his job as German foreign minister, seemed set to enjoy his retirement from high-level politics and spend more time with his fifth wife and her daughter.

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Both Harvard and Princeton have allegedly signaled their interest in winning over the high school dropout and former cab driver.

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1852151,00.html


The funny thing is: Schröder and Fischer were among the most staunchly pro-American top-politicians in the past 25 years; admitting followers of the "Atlantiker" school of political thinking - yet they were perceived as being anti-American.

:rofl:

[deadmessengers]

1. "elderly gray-haired man"

The guy's 57! 57 is not elderly, by ANY standard.

[Karenina]

2. He has AGED incredibly

in the last decade... Hardly recognizable. Er hat auch seine Ausstrahlung verloren. Sehr trauig.