There’s an old, pre-Great War saying about Germany that states, “The German is either at your feet or at your throat.” Now, Germany has changed a lot since British and French Army officers were tossing that bit of doggerel around; Germany has changed dramatically even in the relatively few years since my uncle parachuted into the Netherlands in 1944 as part of Operation Market Garden.
Germany is a friendlier place these days. I’ve spent a fair amount of time there and am very fond of Bavaria in particular; I’ve always enjoyed the food, the friendly Bavarian volk, and, of course, the beer. But Germany is undergoing some troubled times, and most recently, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of no-confidence in the Bundestag—the German Parliament.
On Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost the no-confidence vote he had called in the Bundestag,…
