Same mould, same stupidity ...

Ex-Bundesaußenminister Joschka Fischer über Kooperationen in der Klimakrise und die Fehler der deutschen Russland- und Ukrainepolitik

Sorry, not even close in the same league as one of my heroes Willy Brandt. When I lived in the States, he visited St. Louis more than once and I listened to him in evening radio programs from Stan Musial's famous restaurant. Delightful and very hopeful in the period of the Cold War. I believe at the time he was Berlin's mayor.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1971 was awarded to Willy Brandt "for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West"

Grüner Außenminister Joschka Fischer für Kriegseinsatz der Bundeswehr im Kosovo

Barely in office, the first Green Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, is faced with crucial questions. At the special party conference of the Greens in Bielefeld, he justified the first foreign deployment of the Bundeswehr in Kosovo with reference to "Never again Auschwitz". Joschka Fischer had just come into office with the red-green government takeover. The atmosphere at the special party conference in Bielefeld is correspondingly heated.

International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to begin trial for Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci on March 1

Germany did some excellent work in district of Kunduz, yet the politics of war was a complete failure, quite similar to the campaign in non-NATO country Ukraine. The Bundeswehr participated in the 20 year disaster of the Afghan campaign and were left behind when ally America left Kabul in the dark of night, as they had done before in Saigon.

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has acknowledged major shortfalls in equipment for the Bundeswehr's military | DW News - Sept. 28, 2014 |

'Sapere aude'