He did offer cooperation against Al Qaeda after Sept. 11, but he has also raised anti-American and anti-Israel feeling to new heights while doing nothing to improve Syria's pathetic economy or oppressive political regime. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE)
Avis Bohlen, a former second-in-command at the American Embassy in France and an ambassador to Sofia in the late 1990's, calls Bulgaria "a very gutsy little country" that has worked hard to improve. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE)
The technologically far advanced countries are undertaking strong efforts to qualitatively improve most of their military capabilities. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2001)