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At the end of October, the Bundeswehr said it counted 181,383 soldiers in its ranks — that’s still some distance from the target of 203,000 that the German military hopes to reach by 2025. This has given rise to concern in times of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has once again reminded Germans how quickly conflicts can erupt in Europe.
Since taking office at the beginning of 2023, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has been thinking about ways to make the Bundeswehr more attractive as a career. He said he has received 65 concrete proposals from his ministry on recruitment and reforming training methods.
Fuck them. They can go fight themselves their own shitty wars. I do not stand with the German government supporting and fueling all conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. If it ever comes to that, I’d rather break my own legs than take part in their neonazi filled summer camp.
You seem disoriented.
THEY are not the “neonazis”, in case you haven’t been paying attention.
In case you are disoriented, because you definitely seem so, the German army has been having a huge neonazi problem for years now. You’re welcome.
ya, but EVERYTHING has a neo-Nazi problem, they are at least addressing the worst of it, and yes they have disbanded and kicked out half the special forces a few years ago due to this
Look, a friend of mine has been in the Bundeswehr as a proper full on soldier and he quit after four years of constant bullying because his parents are turkish. I used to want to join as a reservist until he told me to stay away from that place.
Maybe should’ve started with that instead of:
These are not the same.