Epstein Secrets

stance for Israel's submarine program has been controversial for about 25 years, a topic of discussion for the media and the parliament. Chancellor Angela Merkel fears the kind of public debate that German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass recently reignited with a poem critical of Israel. Merkel insist

Angela Merkel fears the kind of public debate that German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass recently reignited with a poem critical of Israel. Merkel insists on secrecy and doesn't want to the details of the deal to be made public. To this day, the German government is sticking to its position th

s become "part of Germany's reason of state," as Chancellor Merkel said in a speech to the Israeli parliament, the

sh-strapped at the time, with the construction of the bomb consuming enormous sums of money. This led Ben-Gurion to negotiate in great secrecy with Adenauer over a loan worth billions. According to the German negotiation records, which the federal government has now released in response to a request by

ded missiles. There was "no clear legal or budgetary basis" for the shipments," a German official admitted in an internal document at the time. But Adenauer backed his defense minister, and in 1967 it became clear how correct he was in making this assessment, when Israel preempted an attack by its neigh

by negotiating with the Ukrainians at a meeting in Geneva Thursday, he could begin to suffer significant long-term consequences. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will oppose Russia's use of force, and even the Chinese (who normally don't mind bullying of neighbors) are uneasy. As Russian agents infiltrate ea

long-term consequences. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will oppose Russia's use of force, and even the

rifice of principle and honor we could buy a quiet life. But life isn't that easy. Putin, as I have said before, is no Hitler. But neither is he an Adenauer or Brandt, ready to stand in partnership to build a liberal world. As Lilia Shevstova notes on this site, Putin has chosen the path of repression a

Libya; providing armed muscle to the U.N. forces in Ivory Coast; and giving its pacifist-trending ally Germany a lesson in 21st-century Atlanticism. Adenauer and de Gaulle must be turning in their graves. Here was Germany standing wobbly with Brazil, Russia, India and China — and against its closest allies

. There were strong arguments on either side of a Libyan intervention, but with a massacre looming in Benghazi, Germany had to stand with its allies. Angela Merkel has proved herself more a maneuverer than a leader. Germany often conveys the sense that it now resents the agents of its postwar rehabilitation — th

d, and as long it’s on hold the future of the euro is at risk. The German-French alliance will remain under strain. Obama should look to Sarkozy, not Merkel, for strategic support. A last thought. This restless French leader is at his best with his back to the wall. He’s shown that. The same quality mean