How sad when a once proud nation like Germany kowtow to US and lost its soul! Democracy kaput: Germans want peace with Russia, but their rulers only answer to Washington and Kiev. The ruling elites’ dismal unpopularity is a deserved result of ignoring the real concerns of their own citizens 德國這樣一個曾經驕傲的國家，竟然向美國卑躬屈膝，失去了靈魂，這是多麼可悲啊！民主結束：德國人希望與俄羅斯和平，但他們的統治者只聽從華盛頓和基輔。統治菁英令人沮喪的不受歡迎是無視於本國公民真正關切的應得結果 By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory