Fire Thilo Sarrazin if you want to, but don’t be surprised if he calls on Angela Merkel to be a star witness during his next political show trial.

“If German President Christian Wulff approves his sacking in the next few days, the decision would be overturned by the justice system.”

“The president will have to consider carefully whether he wants to see this political show trial to its end, and then see his decision thrown out by the courts.”

“This is a big problem and we can talk about it openly, without arousing suspicions of xenophobia.” Hmm, so let’s not talk (or do anything about) it, right?