I lived in Germany until 2008, when Merz was already seen by some as a future leader of the CDU. Many more though regarded him as too lacking in people skills to ever be a good leader. It's hard… (View Post)

Yes, just half an hour ago I asked Gemini what the bright star-like object next to Venus was. Jupiter, it said. Glad to have confirmation! (View Post)

My lad was born in Germany to a German mother. But he's British because I'm British. (View Post)

The problem seems to be that, although nominally a democracy, the Iraqi state is very weak and corruption is everywhere, meaning that you actually have something that is close to anarchy. (View Post)

It's been a disaster for the Iranian democracy movement too. Far from precipitating regime change, the US/Israeli military action appears to have cemented in position an even more hard-line vers… (View Post)