Germany helped trigger the Balkan wars with its speedy recognition of the seceding Yugoslavian territories without any protection for Serbian minorities.
The printing press or the art of movable type that would trigger an explosion of Christian civilization, with the Gutenberg revolution in Germany, had been invented centuries earlier by the Chinese, but with no similar effect.
Once again, the leaked and public comments of German politicians appear to fit the theory that Germany has given up on Greece, but wants the stricken country itself to pull the final trigger.