“I’m exhausted, I’ve had it, my next thought is: the people in Ukraine cannot say, I’m exhausted, I’ve had it.
I’m here to manage this crisis. Then we’ll see,”
- President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
And it’s a little similar to what her fellow country man, Martin Luther said many years ago: “Here I stand and can’t do differently, God help me Amen.
A different time, a different cause.
You can also understand the metaphor in the sense that the captain of the Titanic also stayed firmly by his course. We all know how that ended!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the sinking EU ship, I just came across this article:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-10-11/will-germany-sink-eu