ZE GERMANS CAVED

Monday, wire reports said that the World War II movie "Valkyrie" would not be allowed to film on German military sites because its star, Tom Cruise, is a scientologist.  Now the German government has reconsidered, deciding that the story of high ranking German officers attempting to assassinate Adolph Hitler was important because it's a rare positive portrayal of Germans during the war.  ABC.com says:

The German ministry now says that, while it hasn't received an official request from "Valkyrie" producers to shoot in the country, it would "look agreeably" upon any such application.The source of the "Valkyrie" controversy seems to have stemmed from a posting on the Web site of conservative German member of parliament Antje Blumenthal. Blumenthal posted a statement Friday claiming that Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung had pledged to her that Cruise would not get permission to shoot because of the purported danger posed by his Scientology."Valkyrie" is being praised as one of the "too few examples of military opposition to Hitler's regime.""The assassination attempt against Hitler is hardly known outside Germany," Fisser said. "We should therefore be delighted and welcome this wonderful opportunity to improve the image of our country."

God damit, you already had improved the image of your country by yelling at sceintology.  If you think Tom Cruise playing one of you is gonna help your image, you're screwed.  You might as well get OJ or a talking gun.