Posted on 11/22/2004 11:29:39 AM PST by BellaBlackLab
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and German nightly news are reporting that 20 German soldiers are being charged to have allegedly tortured fellow German soldiers in terrorist negotiations training. Mr. Struck the German secretary of defense promises to look into this quickly. He does not however see any reason to step down.
I was just wondering how the Germans are going to conduct the moral equivalency discussion now. Have they now also lost their face and moral leadership in the Arab world? Torture is torture right?
Vee haf vays of putting panties on your head!
Maybe they should start worrying about the milliosn of muslim terrorists in Germany.
Well, that's realism in training. Don't give these guys live ammo!
They watched G.I. Jane one too many times.
Man, they can't help themselves!
What do the Germans consider to be torture??
"What do the Germans consider to be torture??"
Driving a Pinto on the Autobahn.
...or a Fiat Cinquecento...but the torture is applied to me when I have to lock the brakes up when they pull out into the left lane without looking. These people over here really do have a death wish. Unfrickenbelievable!
WE don´t drive our cars girly-men-like slow. ;-)
And at least we are not at risk of falling asleep while driving.
I can imagine that this is pretty much like what happens during preparations for Iraq. Heck, it´s even the same what our elite soldiers have to go through. But, this one is considered a crime because it happened without the consent of the drafted recruits and it´s not part of basic training. The sergeants and the one Captain will face jailtime, probably on probation, for 2-3 years.
In the German armed forces, human dignity has a high value, and it´s even illegal to let soldiers clean with teethbrushes.
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