Arrogance and downfall: Germany gets a well-deserved UN put-down

Berlins defeat exposed a state that lectures the world, backs war, excuses hypocrisy, and still expects prestige on demand "Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall" (arrogance precedes a fall) says a proverb every German knows. That, you may say, is little wonder, considering how the last two world wars started and ended. But the saying is much older.