The German army's Freudian slip
A naval commander has embarrassed the German political establishment.
The background
As I reported on Monday, the week got off to a dreadful start for Germany on the diplomatic front after a video went viral over the weekend in which the head of the German navy said that the west should give Vladimir Putin “the respect he deserves.”
In the video, vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach also dismissed the threat…