Apparently Angela Merkel of Germany is now the real leader of the free world.  Wait – I thought it was supposed to be Stephen Harper of Canada.  No, wait – isn't it David Cameron of the United Kingdom?  Actually, perhaps it is Tony Abbott of Australia. In reality, there hasn't been anyone near a true leader of the free world since Ronald Reagan.  But claims that Merkel is now sitting on the free world's throne strain credulity. This is the same Germany whose military, under Merkel's chancellorship since 2005, is so underfunded "that German soldiers tried to hide the lack of arms by replacing heavy machine guns with broomsticks during a NATO exercise last year."  As the Washington Post reported, "to make matters worse, the broom-equipped German soldiers belong to a crucial, joint NATO task force and would be the first to be deployed in case of an attack."  Perhaps that is Germany's foreign policy...(Read Full Article)