German troops may face Jews - with the world's blessing

The Times (U.K.) ^ | 08/16/05 | Roger Boyes and Richard Beeston

[Dawnsblood]

I think Misha says it best.

[elhombrelibre]

German soldiers are among the best for this type of mission. Unlike the French, the Germans will be in full battle rattle and ready to engage an aggressor. I saw them both in Kosovo. The French were often in swimwear or speedos. The Italians liked to get their pictures taken with the KLA. The Germans were professional and business like. Granted, what I saw was a snapshot, but I would rather have the Des Moines Police department deploy to Lebanon than what I've seen of most NATO troops. A few are doing yeoman service in Afghanistan, but most are just drawing a paycheck.

[misterrob]

Well, considering that the Holocaust was over 60 years ago this looks like media BS

[DTwistedSisterS]

yeah, really, you would think they all still hate the jews.

[Dawnsblood]

Not BS... a chance to make amends. Finally...

[misterrob]

The sins of the father are not his children's cross to bear.

[Dawnsblood]

No, but having lived 5 years in Germany, most feel it just the same.

[Centurion2000]

GERMANY was poised yesterday to shatter its most enduring postwar taboo by sending troops into the cauldron of Lebanon, where they risk coming into direct conflict with Israelis.

Dear Germans: Do I really need to explain why this is such a bad idea?

Put a modern German army next to Israel and they will blow your a$$ off the map if you so much as twitch their direction. They are freakin kidding when they said "Never Again" and some of those people manning the guns had grandparent generation relatives in your gas chambers.

[Centurion2000]

Correction ... they are NOT freaking kidding about the words "Never Again"

[Dawnsblood]

I hope so... I hope so.....

[eyespysomething]

Wow, that's a foreboding headline. And very misleading, IMO.

Is this really a problem? I'd be more worried about Frenchies or other Arab troops there. Not Germany.

Does Europe need to 'move on'? I know they need to worry about their own invasion.

[BunnySlippers]

JWA

[kerryusama04]

Putting anti-semitic euros between Israela and anti-semiti arabs is just retarded.

[weegee]

"peace keepers" in Lebanon?

Good. Don't bring any guns then. Negotiate with the baddies and ask them to give up theirs.

[RobbyS]

And this is the Bundeswehr, not the Wehrmacht.

[RobbyS]

Guess she liked that neckrub.

[piasa]

We've never had a problem with Israel confronting anyone. The problem is that there aren't enough countries willing to confront Hezbollah.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

It only stands to reason that German troops would be willing to square off against Israeli troops now that Germany has gone Communist.

Care to justify this idiotic statment?

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Maybe the Germans are really ready to face their past and prove that things are different now. Maybe I am naive.

Your naivete is that you think Germans haven't already done this.

Have you faced up to what you did to native Americans? Oh wait, that wasn't you, it was a totally different generation. Of course, you would do it again right? You wouldn't, because you have learned from history. Oh.