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Germany’s military, the Bundeswehr, recently got the all-clear for a massive increase in investment after parliament voted to exempt defence spending from strict rules on debt.
The country’s top general has told the BBC the cash boost is urgently needed because he believes Russian aggression won’t stop at Ukraine.
“We are threatened by Russia. We are threatened by Putin. We have to do whatever is needed to deter that,” Gen Carsten Breuer says. He warns that Nato should be braced for a possible attack in as little as four years.
“It’s not about how much time I need, it’s much more about how much time Putin gives us to be prepared,” the defence chief says bluntly. “And the sooner we are prepared the better.”
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Germany, Italy, and Japan go to war against Russia and the US. Only this time the former group is the Good Guys.
Pearl Harbour 2 is gonna be sick
Starring Cuba Gooding Junior Jr.
Italy has a grotesque far right wave RN, they are not the good guys still. Japan is not progressive enough compared to Germany, but I can believe Germany is far removed from being as much as a bad guy compared to the USA & Russia today.
Japan has never really reckoned with its past. They were just pacified.
I judge the country as a whole for this, since they keep electing politicians who continue to do very little to reckon with their past.
I feel a lot could be gained by apologising to the people and nations for the past, and nothing lost, other than nationalistic pride, bring forced into self reflection, and being genuinely sorry on behalf of the country.
People who think they shouldn’t apologise because it wasn’t them personally are stupid, frankly, and standing in the way of reducing tensions.
Will it fix everything in the region? No. Will it take some of the steam out of the war machine? Probably.
Is that why Japan is the only WW II participant who has not fired a shot in anger since August 1945? Japan learned, the rest of you fucks failed miserably and continue to do so.
Oh don’t get me wrong. The strong adherence to pacifism is laudable. But they have not reckoned with their atrocities committed during and prior world war II. They practically deny them ever happening.
Your whataboutism is not appreciated.
I do not want the Italians and Hungarians on my flanks.
They are not Registered Nurses.
Go back to WW1 and you’ll have a hard time pointing to good guys. Even WW2 was heavily sketch. The US was halfway in bed with the Nazis under Hoover and only at odds with Japan because it was encroaching on the British opium trade through Hong Kong and Shanghai.
These wars were, at their hearts, the end consequences of a century of industrial imperialism. The good guys were in Latin America and North Africa and the South Pacific, fighting for their independence and sovereignty.
You’re taking my shitpost comment way too seriously.
It’s the Terminator 2: Judgement Day of wars.
Only this time they don’t have enough population to left to fight.
There are no good guys in war
Only this time the former group is the Good Guys.
Propaganda is crazy
You’re not suggesting that the Axis powers were the Good Guys in WW2, are you?
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I think you skipped over a comment in that chain.
You’re right, thanks
Good article.
I appreciate that this was the photo the bbc chose to express German concern over US Russian relations;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_God%2C_Help_Me_to_Survive_This_Deadly_Love?wprov=sfla1
I wonder, is it meant to look like the famous graffiti?
very well could be.
I did not realize that graffiti was based on an actual photograph.
Hand way too big.
great point. The orange should also be just the front of his face. the edges and neck should be his naturally translucent un-oranged wrinkly skin.
Liberal qanon loves the homophobic conspiracies.
qanon is wildly conservative.
and what’s homophobic to you about two guys kissing?
It feels a bit weird being on the German side for once, also their track record of succeeding isn’t that great, but I love our neighbors and I fully support them.
I’m just, sad the world is falling into another world war while we also just could be more kind and forgiving towards each other. It would save a lot of lives and leads of pain and agony.
None of this would have been necessary if it wasn’t for republicans.
Not just republicans. Democrats in the US are right wing too. The entire country is fucked up, the reps just speed up the process exponentially. But don’t forget the most immigrants who have been thrown out was during Obama and Biden. Biden supported Israel too, with loads of weapons.
I call them the Republicrats and get attacked as being a centrist. That is the perversion of this situation is that I don’t think either part of our one party system give two shits about me. The only thing about the democrat faction is they are not trying to put people in real cages. Just trap them in wage slavery.
Right… As if incarceration didn’t increase during dems terms. As if there weren’t crimes against humanity in prisons and detention centers thanks to dems.
Its been increasing no matter who has been in office as long as I have been alive. Its never gone down. So your point to me is meaningless.
It actually went down during Trumps first term. That fucking idiot even failed in the thing he wanted most.
Their success rate would have been a lot higher if they had known when to stop ;-). I think if the stated goal of defending Europe from Russia doesn’t change that they have a very good chance of success given the numbers they are talking about.
I also wonder how much farther their war efforts would have gone had they not wasted time, men, and resources on ineffective warfare like that massive train driven cannon. Its a lot of effort and resources to set up double track rails just to miss most of your shots.
Or if they only focused on Brittain and didn’t invade Russia for one, especially with summer gear in winter.
They might have fared better without the meth addictions too
Generally incompetent leaders who promoted people to positions of power based on their loyalty rather than merit also.
Just the whole general way they did everything, I’d say.
The crazy thing that still makes my head spin and that I fail to process properly is that Europe would still be under Nazi regime today had they not attacked Russia … despite all the crimes. How do you deal with that? idk
So yes forgiving and all that. Here are the steps: 1 Putin removes his troops from the occupied territories 2 he apologizes 3 maybe someone forgives him.
Well yeah, but what I wished was that he wouldn’t have invaded in the first place, no totalitarian rulers, no people declaring wars as a dick measuring contest. No Putin in the first place. Putin will never give up and apologize, but hopefully he dies and his replacement would retreat, apologize and help Ukraine fix their country. But the chance of that happening is little to none, the next in line is probably just as bad as Putler.
They are good as long as they don’t have a demented drug user has their leader.
Check, no Adolf Musk as bundeskanzler
Trump did so much blow that his asshole fell off.
We are not the same Germany, with exception to the Prussian military discipline that is buried deep within us. Thanks to morons in DC and Moscow, they are forcing to break the pacifistic dam that we were force to build post WW II.
I mean the track record is pretty good as long as you don’t just stop at the 20th century.
There were no world wars pre 20th century. But yeah, Germany, Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation were pretty successful pre 20th century.
They were actually multiple world Wars pre 20th century.
There’s a lot of money to be made from a war.
Yet it costs much more, and not just money.
It feels a bit weird being on the German side for once
It should feel “weird” to support genocide.
That doesn’t feel weird, it feels totally fucked up. The Dutch government is the same, maybe not as bad as Germany but still. There’s a ban on supplying them with weapons, but the Dutch government is finding loopholes to do it anyway. I’m totally disgusted by it. Fuck Israel, bunch of fucking nazis. Out of everyone on this planet, especially them should know better.
I don’t see this as Germany leaving history in the past, but being smart to protect their future so the that the lessons of the past mean something.
Germans are on track to elect the AfD. Do you think them having a 500 Billion dollar army is a good plan?
A bit concerning if an AfD take-over can’t be completely ruled out.
Yeah I’m a bit tired of bought out politicians dismantling a country from the inside.
Probably the biggest loophole that HAS to be fixed!
The biggest problem with democracy is that voting isn’t mandatory, and 25% of any population is dumb as bricks.
I would estimate the number is higher than 25% (and growing all the time)
That’s one of the reason governments shouldn’t have any power. Good luck when in the nearby future adolf hitler II becomes the president of a police state with an army ready for war…
It’s already hapoened in the US.
The AfD may be hard right but I can’t see any Germans getting in bed with Russia.
The AfD is in bed with Russia though.
This is not just about security, this is about safeguarding the last bastions of real democracy.
I think you mean white supremacy.
What’s your problem, dude.
this is about safeguarding the last bastions of real democracy
Yea sure thing…
I feel like this is a good idea but I also saw what Germany did to Brazil in that World Cup and there needs to be a plan for them going too far and hurting people just for living.
And they did hold back that day, after the first 4 goals +/-, just to avoid embarrassing the host that much further.
Misleading title ass click bait type shit.
What choice do we have? I would focus on improving everything for the regulars and copy the Finnish reserve system.
It took them four years to get the hint, but they got there in the end.
Just don’t draft people & you good. A drafted military never fights well
Maybe, but a drafted one fights better than one that doesn’t exist.
How about you fight instead of dragging people to die in wars witbout their consent.
Oh wait, you rather sacrifice others.
Oh & there are more desertions in a drafted military
I mean I’d be there right with the other reservists fighting. Not that many options for a lot of countries, Russia is so much bigger and stronger than a lot of those bordering Russia that you need pretty much every man to do their part.
Don’t mistake me for saying drafting and war is good. Just that a drafted army fights better than a non existent one.
War is coming. Best be ready for it.
Authoritarian governments and corrupted politicians needs people to fight their wars. War will come once enough people get brainwashed into it
They already are and they’re speaking russian.
Popcorn for all. New subsidies are coming, hybrid phev or bev ?
It didn’t take much for people to get brainwashed into war all over again
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-preparedness-the-road-to-universal-slaughter
I’m not sure what else those under threat of attack should do than to try and best prepare for it. Germany isn’t the first target that comes to mind but still.
Europe spend billions on war already, they are already prepared for it and practice a war every year
And Germany needs to spend more to get their shit in order. Right now their military is in a very poor shape.
You don’t defend your country or help your allies by just pointing at a balance sheet.
They spend billions each year their shit is already in order
They’re spending billions on military pensions alone. Doesn’t do anything for their military capability. They’ve been chronically underspending for decades and it has deteriorated their capabilities. And it’s understandble, times have been good and USA was a good strong partner. Things have unfortunately changed. What they need money now is modernization, new purchases, development, all sorts of things to actually make the military a respectable defence force.
You don’t fight a war with receipts.
Who are you supposed to fight a war to begin with?
Germany is not the only country in the world spending money on military pensions.
Gee I wonder who might be the threat here.
Germany is not the only country in the world spending money on military pensions.
No but if they are spending a lot of money on it, by your logic they must have a a very capable military.
Man what a great read, we really need more people like Emma Goldman these days.
Germant repeats history. More news at 11.
Dear imperial media… You talking about this Germany?
They didn’t leave history in the past. They’ve been supporting genocide ever since.
Oh yeah. That’s it. They’re morally bankrupt. They shouldn’t be allowed to defend against a lighthouse for human rights and ethical behaviour such as Russia. Imperial media. Lol.
