GREENS SPLIT VOTE HELPS BILDERBERGER Schroeder to send troops to Afghanistan and Green's spokesman (sorry, person) explains: ``We're trying to make it clear by splitting our votes that we are for one thing but against the other.''

Isn't it great to be governed by such intellectual giants? I wonder if he knows Richard Warman?

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder [Bilderberg Group] won a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament on Friday to ensure a narrow majority that approves a German deployment in the "war on terrorism".

Schroeder will now deploy 3,900 troops to the campaign. The governing coalition needed a majority in the 666 [oh yes?]-seat legislature and thus 334 votes to survive.

The alliance of Schroeder's Social Democrats and the Green party has 341 seats. Schroeder said: ``That was important for me because it's clear that when things get serious, this coalition stands together.''

``Today's decision on the military deployment will certainly be a turning point: for the first time, soldiers will be readied for armed deployment outside the NATO region."

His Social Democrats, except for one, supported him and only four Greens (out of eight who said they would oppose the military deployment) voted against the plans.

``We all believe that the war in Afghanistan is wrong,'' said the Greens' Hans-Christian Stroebele.

``We're trying to make it clear by splitting our votes that we are for one thing but against the other.''

Yes, dear, now go away to a quiet, darkened room, and sip some sweet tea.

You'll soon be better.