I hope so, too, but for Germans, questioning the Atlanticist orientation is a faux pas akin to interrupting a High Papal Mass to demand that the person who just farted please identify himself.
It doesn't matter that nobody believes a word of the solemnities, it doesn't matter how bad the stink is, You Just Don't Do That.
And Germans, like most other Europeans, are all about The Done Thing. In fact, this is *why* Germans must make the excuses, so that they can keep doing The Done Thing, even if it means cutting own throats in the process.
I hope so, too, but for Germans, questioning the Atlanticist orientation is a faux pas akin to interrupting a High Papal Mass to demand that the person who just farted please identify himself.
It doesn't matter that nobody believes a word of the solemnities, it doesn't matter how bad the stink is, You Just Don't Do That.
And Germans, like most other Europeans, are all about The Done Thing. In fact, this is *why* Germans must make the excuses, so that they can keep doing The Done Thing, even if it means cutting own throats in the process.