Germany's claim to fame

The German ambassador does to the British what he claims the British do to the Germans:

"The British behave as if they had conquered Hitler's hordes single-handedly. And they continue to see us as Nazis, as if they have to refight the battles every evening. They are enchanted by this Nazi dimension," he said yesterday. "It's not anti-German sentiment precisely, but it's because we know too little about each other. Ignorance can breed xenophobia, which can breed hatred. That's what we've learnt in Germany."

"We have to make a distinction between clichèd stereotypes that are outright funny - like in Dad's Army or Fawlty Towers - and something that goes a little deeper. The humour stops when I hear that German children are regularly beaten up and abused by British youngsters who don't know what Germany's about."

The Germans are good at building cars and starting world wars, and that's about it. And if the Germans let the Iranians manipulate them until they have nuclear weapons they'll be responsible for another big war, or at least a bunch of whopping great holes in the ground where the Middle East once was.