Trouble over a victory trophy of a scalp: the Karl May Museum in Radebeul, Germany is fighting with Native Americans over just that — but the peace pipe is at the ready.
In the U.S.A., being naked can be expensive and whoever offers an 18-year-old a beer can be condemned. But nearly everyone may own weapons or drive a car.
The best of all possible friends: America and Germany remain so in spite of the conflict around American espionage. Merkel’s visit in Washington could be the occasion to reassure ourselves of that.
Tens of thousands of military personnel in the region between Abu Dhabi and Ankara and a worldwide spy network have not put Washington in a position to be able to respond appropriately to current developments.
As long as the Putins of this world pursue gunboat politics in the style of the late 19th century, Obama’s foreign policy for the 21st century is doomed to failure.