Germany will send troops to Bush's wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, only if John Kerry is elected.

Germany might deploy troops in Iraq if conditions there change, Peter Struck, the German defence minister, indicated on Tuesday in a gesture that appears to provide backing for John Kerry, the US Democratic presidential challenger.

Or perhaps not . . .

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday ruled out sending German troops to Iraq after his defense minister said a deployment could be possible in the future.

Leave it to Kerry to drum up waffling support like this.