you do realize there are Americans living in Germany... right?
Posted on 08/31/2019 7:57:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The days of German complacency were nice, but they’re over. They lasted nearly as long as Angela Merkel’s chancellorship and were defined by a feeling of seemingly endless economic success and a sense of pride over Germany’s role in the world. Indeed, at the World Economic Forum in Davos three years ago, Germany was designated as the “best country in the world.” In Europe, there was talk of the “German model” as something for other countries to emulate. When Donald Trump became president in the U.S., some expected Angela Merkel to take up the torch as leader of the free world. Germany’s economy seemed unshakable, as did Merkel’s role in the world.
Neither is true today. […] The country has become a victim of its own complacency and it has begun to reap what it was sowing all along when it opted to merely coast through an historical anomaly rather than actively shape the future. […]
Trump himself is selfish and he is a nationalist, so he is not particularly credible as a critic. The office he holds, however, lends considerable weight to his attacks. What’s more, much of what he says — though grotesquely distorted — has already been voiced by serious politicians and experts. They criticize Germany for failing to take part in more international military operations and for warping global trade by obsessing over a balanced budget and not spending more money to animate domestic demand — and with it, overall economic growth in Europe. […]
Another problem is that Germany still doesn’t see itself as a global power with all the responsibility that comes with such stature. This, too, needs to change. Germany needs a creative drive to help it carve out a role for itself in the world, both politically and economically. …
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The Pennsylvania National Guard is bigger than the entire German military.
You are a joke.
“Another problem is that Germany still doesn’t see itself as a global power with all the responsibility that comes with...”
Germany was a global power twice in the 20th century.
Just saying.
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I saw a $50 donation from Germany yesterday or today.
Thought that was cool.
Saw the headline and thought it was a call for Germans to to finally expel the millions of invaders.
Then saw the barf alert.
In a couple of generations Germany won’t even be German anymore it will be African & Muslim & virtually indistinguishable from every other third world hellhole
Who gives a @$##??
Krauts get delusions of grandeur every so often and it all leads to hell in a hand basket.
50 bucks.
They can keep it.
Totally nuts.
If Germany should ‘step op’ it’s to the brutal CCP.
Who probably sponsors this article...
“They can keep it.”
You might want to run that by JimRob.
I was active duty Army in a few Divisions including Germany, ETSed and fulfilled my contract serving in the Pennsylvania National Guard. The fire power of the Pennsylvania National Guard and Pennsylvania Air Guard is quite overwhelming and rivaled my active duty units in force. Obviously nothing compares to the training,funding and real experience of active but we did go to Kosovo and Iraq and will deploy if SHTF. I think PANG vs Bundeswehr would be a rout for PANG.
you do realize there are Americans living in Germany... right?
POST OF THE THREAD!......
cast that in stone in Germany and you'll be famous in 1 generation....Its a given...
Hell, the NYPD could probably take them.
And geldings were once stallions.
They can’t even defend their own country, yet they want to crow about being a global power.
Hilarious.
I love listening to my Italian friends make fun of Germans. Hilarious.
Leave my gelding out of this, he’s a good boy usually unlike all the people they have in Germany.
There, fixed it.
CCP? What’s that?
Merkel has nothing to do with ‘economic miracle’. It was Schroeder’s tax cuts and curbing a welfare state. Which Merkel reversed and made worse.
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