German president resigns

This is a little late, but I thought I'd point it out anyway. On the 31st of May, German president Horst Köhler resigned over comments he'd made in a radio interview. Pundits called his resignation an overreaction, and in a way, I agree.

On the other hand, what he said was that in today's world, Germany will have to use military force to secure its economic interests. Now, although those comments were interpreted as pertaining to Afghanistan, he was actually talking about the operations against Somali pirates. In a sense, yes, that is a legitimate way in which Germany can and should use force to safeguard her economic interests.

On the other hand, when a German leader talks about something like that, what does it remind you of?

Yeah. So maybe it's just as well he did resign.

And yes. This entire post is just an excuse to post that picture in this context.