Bush Tackles Terrorism, Trade in German Address (washingtonpost.com)

As Bush sat impassively, [Bundestag president Wolfgang] Thierse declared that "we need coordinated action" to combat global warming, urging Bush to reconsider his opposition to the Kyoto accord. Bush did not join in the applause that followed. Thierse then scolded Bush's rejection of the International Criminal Court, saying Germany hopes to be "moving forward together with our American friends."

Wolfy can stick his comments where the sun don't shine. The "International" Criminal Court is a farce, an attempt to impose European law on the rest of the world, and we're well out of it. (It's probably unconstitutional anyway.) As for Kyoto, I'm more or less a supporter even though it's not the treaty I would have come up with myself, but this was not the time or the place to bring this up; there's a war going on, remember?

(To summarize my view on global warming: That there is such a thing is pretty apparent. That humans are a primary cause is at best unproven. That human agency can affect the global environment seems likely considering our proven ability to affect it on a regional basis. That we actually are is impossible to say at the current state of knowledge. I would prefer that we play it safe.)

This is all before the protests by communists. Commies!