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German army mulls recruiting foreign EU nationals to boost recruitment
Deutsche Welle ^
| 07.21.2018
| es/jm (AFP, dpa)
Posted on 07/22/2018 9:21:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Germany’s long-understaffed army has a new plan to boost recruitment: allowing foreigners from other European Union countries to serve in the unified armed forces (Bundeswehr). The defense ministry confirmed on Saturday that it was seriously considering the idea.
“The Bundeswehr is growing. For this, we need qualified personnel,” a Defense Ministry spokesman told German news agency DPA.
Speaking with local newspaper Augsburger Allegemeine, Social Democrat (SPD) defense expert Karl-Heinz Brunner said that he could imagine EU citizens serving in the Bundeswehr. But he warned that any soldier who fought for Germany must be promised citizenship.
“If citizens of other countries are accepted, without the promise of getting a German passport, the Bundeswehr risks becoming a mercenary army.” …
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; bundeswehr; dpa; erdogan; euarmy; europeanunion; eussr; germany; karlheinzbrunner; kurdistan; nato; receptayyiperdogan; turkey
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:21:53 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
They could just arm some of their beloved refugees.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:23:56 PM PDT
by
jospehm20
To: Olog-hai
Can I enlist? I would not mind a vacation.
3
posted on
07/22/2018 9:24:35 PM PDT
by
BBell
(Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
To: jospehm20
But they don’t plan to. Which makes it possibly more notable.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:24:38 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
They've done this before...
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:24:39 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
“any soldier who fought for Germany.....”
If they take this literally its quite clever. They don’t have to give anything since they never fight.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:25:36 PM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: Olog-hai
I am pleasantly surprised they are showing that much sense.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:26:48 PM PDT
by
jospehm20
To: FLT-bird
Send them our Mexican illegals.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:27:29 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Olog-hai
Talking about it...doesn’t mean anyone will enter ‘the door’. I doubt that it’d attract more than 300 a year, and that German language requirement would be the biggest hindrance.
To: Olog-hai
Or they could increase pay, increase cool training, increase cool equipment and get some cool missions...nah
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:28:06 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: jospehm20
Yup.
Heck. Send recruiting teams directly to the Muslim shttholes.
Form a 21st century Handschar division.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:32:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: dfwgator
First thing I thought of.
You beat me to it, you rat bastard!
(Of course, they could just offer German citizenship to all the Islamic immigrants of military age throughout Europe. And we'd get Krystalnacht (or however you spell it) all over again...)
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:34:26 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Nazis recruited troops from every occupied country....except one.....Poland.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:35:44 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
Not their grandfather's Wehrmacht.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:38:12 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Olog-hai
cause nothing says dependable like some eurotrash recruit that was too lazy and unpatriotic to join their own army joining yours
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:38:15 PM PDT
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: Olog-hai
Rome made that mistake with ... wait for it ... Germans.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:38:25 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Chode
I suppose 70 years ago the thought that the Germans would be so unmotivated to join the military, probably seemed like a pretty good idea.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:39:43 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Bonemaker
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:40:09 PM PDT
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Maybe the Turks in Germany would sign up...
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:41:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv
Turks in Germany are loyal to Erdogan.
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posted on
07/22/2018 9:42:00 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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