Once upon a time, a US President asked the Germans to increase their defense spending.
There was something going on. It was as if Donald Trump had Angela Merkel on a dirty weekend would have invited.
Today there is a Russian President invading Ukraine.
There’s something going on. The Bundeswehr is being flooded with money. You need “planes that fly”. Well said, Olaf Scholz.
There was once a green peace movement with the slogan “Make peace without weapons”.
Today there is a green foreign minister who appears as smart as Kaiser Wilhelm once did. Their motto is the Roman If you want peace, prepare for war: If you want peace, prepare for war.
Once upon a time there was a reason of state to shut down coal and gas-fired power plants.
Coal and gas reserves are to be created today.
When asked what to look for in politics, former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said: “Events, my dear boy, events”.
It’s reassuring that this also works for the Berlin ideologues.
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