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German officer will serve as US Army Chief of Staff in Europe. First non-American Officer.
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| July 31, 2014
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Posted on 07/31/2014 3:19:28 PM PDT by machogirl
A German Army General has been appointed to Chief of Staff of U.S. Army Europe. This is the first time a non-U.S. officer has held this position.
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KEYWORDS: army; armyeuropecommand; bundeswehr; chiefofstaff; europe; eussr; german; nato; unitedstatesarmy; usarmy; yeswescan
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To: machogirl
A German certainly has no allegiance to the US.
This is an old Soviet tactic. You move troops out of their homelands to “guard” other civilians. Then they have no qualms about firing on the locals since their families don’t live there.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:28:46 PM PDT
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: headstamp 2
It appears he is staying German?
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:29:06 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Why would anybody but an American serve as the US army chief of staff?
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Rephrasing....
Why would anybody but an American serve as the US army Commander in Cheif?
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:29:20 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: machogirl
To: Bringbackthedraft
The “multi-national” environment he desires. Had to fire a bunch of high military first. So who does this German Army Officer answer to in the end?
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:31:05 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: machogirl
Uh....Like Very Bad and if true is a very Impeachable offense...Major No No for the CinC
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:31:58 PM PDT
by
docman57
(Retired but still on Duty)
To: Dallas59
Like Eric Holder? Soon I’m sure. Barry’s trying to squeeze in his personal international army before we peons revolt.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:32:13 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: Olog-hai
The Germans do have a lot of experience at dealing with Russian hordes.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:32:45 PM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: caver
Is this pay back to Merkel for the NSA spying on Germany?
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:32:55 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: machogirl
US generals must not have been PC enough.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:33:12 PM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
To: machogirl
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:33:35 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: Sooth2222
Do they? Looks like the reverse is the case. I’ve never heard of Berlin ever conquering Moscow.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:34:16 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: headstamp 2
yes, it is bizarre. I can’t imagine a US Army officer running another Country’s command.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:34:21 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: machogirl
Chief of Staff is bad. Very bad.
Look - Army do secondments all the time. I had 18 months at Ft. Bragg and had 5 squads of US soldiers under me. That were fun and gave me a life long affection for Texans. They party hard and work even harder! :) .
I’ve had a Nepalese CO for a bit, and an Aussie. Couple of Israelis, and commanded two squads of Iraqis.
But it is temporary. That is the deal. Deploy then move on. You sort of are in the chain of command and you also are not.
But Chief of Staff for a region is up there in President territory. You want a native who is totally loyal to the country. Think about the sheer volume of intel he’s going to be getting every single day (poor sod). Sure, Germany is an ally now - but for how long.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:34:44 PM PDT
by
EC1
To: caver
Certainly no Bundeswehr general will have allegiance to the US.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:35:06 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: machogirl
Welcome to the New World Order. You no longer have a national border and you no longer have a Constitution.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:35:15 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: docman57; Nachum
Barry keeps piling up Nachum’s list.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:35:32 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: Let's Roll
Guess not. I can’t believe there wasn’t a QUALIFIED, US Army Officer to take this position.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:36:25 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: machogirl
He answers to Germany. He has no command authority in the system. He is merely there as the Chief of Staff to the Commander. He will be there as a liaison.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:37:06 PM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Sooth2222
That is no excuse. American General have always done the job.
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posted on
07/31/2014 3:37:21 PM PDT
by
dforest
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