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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.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; bundeswehr; dpa; erdogan; euarmy; europeanunion; eussr; germany; karlheinzbrunner; kurdistan; nato; receptayyiperdogan; turkey
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1 posted on 07/22/2018 9:21:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

They could just arm some of their beloved refugees.


2 posted on 07/22/2018 9:23:56 PM PDT by jospehm20
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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.)
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To: jospehm20

But they don’t plan to. Which makes it possibly more notable.


4 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)
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To: Olog-hai
They've done this before...


5 posted on 07/22/2018 9:24:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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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.


6 posted on 07/22/2018 9:25:36 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Olog-hai

I am pleasantly surprised they are showing that much sense.


7 posted on 07/22/2018 9:26:48 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: FLT-bird

Send them our Mexican illegals.


8 posted on 07/22/2018 9:27:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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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.


9 posted on 07/22/2018 9:27:39 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Olog-hai

Or they could increase pay, increase cool training, increase cool equipment and get some cool missions...nah


10 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)
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To: jospehm20

Yup.

Heck. Send recruiting teams directly to the Muslim shttholes.

Form a 21st century Handschar division.


11 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.)
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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...)

12 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.)
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Nazis recruited troops from every occupied country....except one.....Poland.


13 posted on 07/22/2018 9:35:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai
Not their grandfather's Wehrmacht.


14 posted on 07/22/2018 9:38:12 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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cause nothing says dependable like some eurotrash recruit that was too lazy and unpatriotic to join their own army joining yours
15 posted on 07/22/2018 9:38:15 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Olog-hai

Rome made that mistake with ... wait for it ... Germans.


16 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.)
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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.


17 posted on 07/22/2018 9:39:43 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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18 posted on 07/22/2018 9:40:09 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Maybe the Turks in Germany would sign up...

19 posted on 07/22/2018 9:41:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Turks in Germany are loyal to Erdogan.


20 posted on 07/22/2018 9:42:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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