"Merkel should be told not to come to the US. Germany continues to be an unpredictable nation . The Germans have no principles . They are either national-socialist or socialist. Equality ueber alles ."
Based on your stated replies and defense of Hammadi's release only further show that Germany is a State of no principles. Such a state should not be considered a partner of the United States, whether militarily, socially, economically etc. The United States should not have a beneficial relationship with any nation which can release psychotic convicted terrorists early in their life. If the principles of Germany believe that such a man can be rehabilitated and return his "dignity" by early release, or even believe that such a sentence is considered drastic, then Germany is a nation that should be avoided at all costs in any international affair.
If the status quo of the opinion in Germany is represented by your comments, then i can only believe is it not just the state of Germany but the people as well have degraded into a lowly state of human condition.
The way we handle these cases are not much different handled in all other EU countries. Often, one thinks it is ok that even murderers get a 2nd chance (I mean, mercy is a Christian value), but often enough it makes me sick seeing the scumbags walking out of prison.