When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, the blow with an agreement.
- Leon Trotsky
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Angela Merkel’s Farewell Tour: A Book, Not an Apology
When we first heard that Angela Merkel was on tour, we assumed it was an apology tour. After all, there’s plenty she should say sorry for.
But no—this wasn’t about accountability; it was a book tour. And after 700 pages of self-reflection, what does she have to say? Ich, Angela Merkel, was always “honest” and would make all the same decisions again.
No regrets. Non, je ne regrette rien.
What a missed opportunity. Instead of acknowledging the missteps of her 16-year reign, Merkel doubles down, rewriting history to fit the carefully curated image her spin doctors crafted.
If she had owned up to her mistakes, she could have made history—not as a stubborn politician unwilling to admit fault, but as a leader with the courage to face the truth.
Instead, she remains a symbol of missed accountability, leaving a shattered Germany for her successors to clean up. No wonder The New York Times rightly points out: Merkel is still on the ballot.
The True Cost of 16 Years in Power
Looking back at the Merkel years, we see a series of major decisions made without a plan, abrupt shifts driven by opportunism, and devastating consequences for Germany’s stability and prosperity.
The myth of the rational physicist, carefully calculating every outcome, was nothing but fiction—one of the biggest political lies of our time.
The most glaring failure? The loss of control during the refugee crisis. Her open-door policy in 2015, launched with no clear plan for integration, was a reckless gamble that fractured German society.
But let’s not stop there. Her mishandling of the Euro crisis prolonged economic instability, while her impulsive energy transition turned into an industry-wrecking disaster, executed with the kind of centralized economic planning that only breeds inefficiency and uncertainty.
Merkel’s decision-making wasn’t rooted in vision or foresight—it was reactive, tactical, and often short-sighted. Her ability to pivot at the drop of a hat may have secured her political longevity, but it came at a cost: a weaker, more divided Germany, struggling under the weight of unaddressed crises.
A Challenge to Merkel: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Here’s an idea, Frau Merkel: Since you invited desperate Syrians to Germany with no strategy for integration, why not donate half of your book earnings to help those who wish to return home?
Imagine the precedent you would set. Not only would you be the first politician to admit a mistake, but you’d be the first to actually pay for it.
What do you have to lose?
It’s time for politicians to face reality. The people deserve truth, not well-crafted narratives. Leadership isn’t about spin; it’s about responsibility. The next generation deserves role models who stand by their actions—not ones who rewrite history in their favor.
Germany’s Deportation Circus: Political Theater or Real Reform?
Oh, look! A deportation flight! Must be election season again. Welcome to the never-ending political circus that is German migration policy.
Every time an election nears, the government suddenly remembers that deportations exist. But don’t be fooled—this is nothing more than political showmanship.
Take the latest flight to Iraq. Forty-seven people were sent packing, including just nine criminals, while the rest were women and children who mostly wanted to leave anyway.
Meanwhile, not a single one of the 250 criminals that the state of Hesse desperately wanted to get rid of made it onto that plane. If this is supposed to be some grand show of law and order, it’s failing spectacularly.
Hesse’s CDU interior minister, Roman Poseck, called it out as “pure symbolism” in a furious letter to SPD’s interior minister, Nancy Faeser.
And what did her ministry say? That deportations only happen when the legal conditions are met. Sure, and it’s just a coincidence that these high-profile deportations always seem to happen right before an election.
The timing couldn’t be more obvious. Just last week, the Green-led government in North Rhine-Westphalia suddenly discovered that they could charter their own deportation flights, sending seven men back to Bulgaria.
Why didn’t they do this before? When asked, the ministry had no answer. The reality is simple: deportations aren’t a priority—until they become useful as political props.
The tragic proof of Germany’s broken migration policy came last August when the Syrian terrorist Issa al-H. went on a killing spree at a diversity festival in Solingen.
He was a Dublin case, meaning he should have been deported to Bulgaria. Instead, bureaucratic delays and legal loopholes let him stay in Germany—until three innocent people paid the price with their lives.
And suddenly, just days later, 28 criminals were deported to Afghanistan, a country where politicians had long claimed deportations were impossible because they “don’t talk to the Taliban.”
Guess what? Olaf Scholz himself admitted on live TV that they did negotiate with the Taliban for that flight. So, which is it? Are deportations to Afghanistan possible or not? Or do the rules simply change when elections are at stake?
The entire Dublin system is a bureaucratic disaster. Every asylum seeker gets into Germany just by saying the magic word—“asylum.” Then, and only then, does the government start sorting out who should actually be responsible for them.
If their fingerprints show up in another EU country’s database, Germany begins the long, drawn-out process of sending them back.
But if no record exists? They stay. And even if their asylum application is rejected, most of them stay anyway.
The numbers expose the system’s absurdity. In 2023, Germany managed to transfer only about 5,000 people under Dublin rules, while 4,275 others were sent back to Germany.
After tens of thousands of bureaucratic procedures and endless legal battles, the net result was just 778 fewer cases. Meanwhile, the government is throwing money at new Dublin centers to process asylum claims faster instead of tackling the real issue: reducing the number of new arrivals in the first place.
The math doesn’t lie. Germany deports around 1,500 people per month but receives 21,000 new asylum applications. The vast majority are denied the right to stay—but guess what? They don’t leave.
This endless cycle of ineffective policies and political opportunism is what’s destroying public trust. Real reform isn’t even on the table. Instead, we get last-minute deportation stunts designed to create the illusion of control while the migration system remains a leaky bucket.
So, let’s ask the new (or returning) administration in Berlin: Are you finally going to fix this?
Or are we just going to see the same election-season deportation flights every few years while the real problem gets worse?
So, thanks again Frau Merkel, and think about our proposal!
Now, who will I vote for?
"I don’t like either candidate, but I’ll vote for the lesser evil."
Look to the United States after their "Protest Vote"...we will never vote CONservative again!!
Sincerely,
Adaptation-Guide
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