Germany : Has It Changed?

[Atheist-Lite]

With real austerity on the cards who reckons Germany will get tanked up and set out to reclaim the euro-debts by other means?

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[Hermit]

Yes, it's changed. Germany will not "reclaim the euro-debts by other means" because its economy is too intertwined with others.

[klr]

Who needs to invade when you can force out errant leaders by picking up the phone? Greece, Italy ...

For the Germans, diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

[Svartalf]

Still a bunch of micromanagers with an inflated sense of cultural superiority, who keep missing the fact that for being Germanic Emperor, Charles the Great still was first and foremost King of the Franks.
But who still call my country "Frankish Empire"

[Hermit]

For the Germans, diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

I'm pretty sure you meant to say "War is merely the continuation of politics by other means." What I don't know is how Germany differs in this regard from other countries.

[Clinton Huxley]

Peter Hitchens refers to the EU as the German Empire and notes that the new French President flew immediately to Berlin to see his boss...

[klr]

For the Germans, diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

I'm pretty sure you meant to say "War is merely the continuation of politics by other means." What I don't know is how Germany differs in this regard from other countries.

No, I meant to say it the way I did. Tongue very firmly in cheek of course.

And you're right. Germany doesn't differ from other countries, except that it makes better cars.

[Atheist-Lite]

Don't find much of her politics on my wavelength but with regards German ambitions, well, there is some history to go on.

[Hermit]

Germany doesn't differ from other countries, except that it makes better cars.

The majority of which are assembled in countries other than Germany, and from components that are manufactured just about anywhere in the world.

[Ian]

My grandmother insisted that the Germans were never to be trusted. Who are we to say that she was wrong?

[Atheist-Lite]

My grandmother insisted that the Germans were never to be trusted. Who are we to say that she was wrong?

They make a bloody mess when they are on a serious tour. Completely trash anywhere they stay and always starting fights.

[Atheist-Lite]

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[Atheist-Lite]

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[Warren Dew]

For the Germans, diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

I'm pretty sure you meant to say "War is merely the continuation of politics by other means." What I don't know is how Germany differs in this regard from other countries.

No, I meant to say it the way I did. Tongue very firmly in cheek of course.

I enjoyed your joke. I can't figure out what the second choice means, though.

[Atheist-Lite]

For the Germans, diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

I'm pretty sure you meant to say "War is merely the continuation of politics by other means." What I don't know is how Germany differs in this regard from other countries.

No, I meant to say it the way I did. Tongue very firmly in cheek of course.

I enjoyed your joke. I can't figure out what the second choice means, though.

It's a reference to a classic british comedy sketch, almost got away with it too...