"We shall burn it, then you will have your total war"

AFP/DDP/File - Wed Jan 11, 11:54 AM ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice look to the German Reichstag (background) from a balcony of the Chancellory, December 2005. Merkel embarks on her first visit to the United States after eight weeks in power in which she has repeatedly signalled the need for a sea change in transatlantic ties(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)