German President Resigns After Comment Linking Military Deployments with Economic Interests

June 2nd, 2010

It’s dangerous to take a page out of the Captain Obvious playbook when you’re a national political figure.

Via: The Local:

German President Horst Köhler sparked a political storm on Thursday by suggesting Germany’s military involvement in Afghanistan was partly motivated by its economic interests rather than solely to guarantee its security.

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One Response to “German President Resigns After Comment Linking Military Deployments with Economic Interests”

  1. tochigi says:
    June 2, 2010 at 8:12 am

    OMG! he actually said something that wasn’t an Orwellian fabrication. now, we can’t be having the town mayor pointing out that the emperor has no clothes! whatever next?

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