Monday, June 11, 2012

"coffee house intellectuals"

"... Germany's defense minister has sharply rejected the idea of military intervention in Syria, referring to those who ask for it as waffling "coffee house intellectuals." 
Thomas de Maiziere told Monday's edition of German daily taz: "the continued waffling by people who bear none of the responsibility creates expectations in regions like Syria, thereby causing terrible disappointment." De Maiziere added that he finds it "barely bearable that some coffee house intellectuals call for the deployment of soldiers in the world without being accountable for it." His comments were confirmed by his ministry..."

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