German President Resigns...

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Germany has been plunged into a political crisis by the surprise resignation of President Köhler.

On a trip last week to meet German troops in Afghanistan he had declared that a country such as Germany, dependent on exports and free trade, must be prepared to use military force.

The country, he said, had to act “to protect our interests, for example, free-trade routes, or to prevent regional instability which might certainly have a negative effect on our trade, jobs and earnings”.

The intention of the interview was to convince Germans that the Bundeswehr was in Afghanistan not because it was blindly obeying orders from the US or Nato but because of basic national interest.

“Köhler has said something openly that has been obvious from the beginning,” said Klaus Ernst, head of the Left party. “German soldiers are risking life and limb in Afghanistan to defend the [exports] of big economic interests.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7141151.ece

Hadith

“There will come a time in which the nations of the world will invite one another to invade you in the same manner in which a person who arranges a feast calls upon his guests to partake of the victuals”.

Self "interest" is the essence of Capitalism....