Sunday, June 2, 2019

German Chancellor Merkel Tells Harvard Grads To 'Tear Down Walls Of Ignorance And Narrow-Mindedness' But Will Not Ban Hezbollah



CNN: Angela Merkel to Harvard grads: 'Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Harvard graduates Thursday to "tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness" in a speech that was an apparent rebuke of President Donald Trump's policies and worldview.

In her commencement address at the university, Merkel warned against the perils of isolationism and nationalism, pushed for action on climate change and said to never "describe lies as truth and truth as lies."

The Chancellor spoke in German and used a translator, but notably switched to English to close out her speech and said, "Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is."

Merkel, who grew up in Soviet-controlled East Germany, said the tearing down of the Berlin Wall almost 30 years ago had allowed her to start her political career.

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WNU Editor: Angela Merkel is one of those politicians who "do what I say and not what I do" .... Merkel refuses to outlaw Hezbollah, snubbing German Jews after kippah row (Jerusalem Post).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Merkel has turned a blind eye as she gazes at Gazprom buying off former SPD Chancellor Schroeder to influence Nordstream 2 approvals.
She also lies about NATO commitments.

But then probably 90% of Germans agree wholeheartedly with the substance of her Trump criticisms.

Anonymous said...

Remember it is Hezbollah that is in Venezuela and in Mexico working with the cartels to pump in drugs to America. And Merkel has no problems with them.

Roger Smith said...


Seems like I knew a president like that; said one thing and does another. Green, green, CO2, global blah blah speech to the blind then gets into one of two jets [remember, he was the free world's leader once]. Now that's two airliners to beat a little white ball with a metal club in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and that goes with the territory. Don't forget, class.

Bob Huntley said...

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