Germany pledges to make its military 'the backbone of defence in Europe'

REUTERS ^ | November 9, 2023 | Sabine Siebold

[Alter Kaker]

Vladimir Putin has done yeoman’s work in getting Europe to take collective security seriously. The Europeans are finally paying their fair share, and NATO is stronger than ever.

[CatOwner]

“And introducing Germany’s new defense minister, Mohammad Allahu Akbar.”

[rightwingcrazy]

Because a strong Germany has always meant good things for Europe.

[Arkansas Toothpick]

Japan and Germany are getting the old gang back together.

[Billthedrill]

Seriously conflicted here - I've been calling for NATO countries to pony up for decades now, so I suppose I shouldn't be making the obvious jokes when they say they are, but it's tough to resist.

Once all the Germans were warlike and mean
But that couldn't happen again
We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they've hardly bothered us since then

Yes, it's cheap humor. So sue me.

[dfwgator]

Once the Germans were warlike and mean
But that couldn’t happen again
We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they haven’t bothered us since then

-Tom Lehrer

[dfwgator]

Darnit! GMTA!

[FLT-bird]

Its encouraging to see, but Germany has a long LONG way to go to being its military up to scratch. Their biggest security threat right now are all the military age muslim males they allowed to invade the country and live off of the public dole 5-6 years ago.

[rktman]

What could go wrong?

[Billthedrill]

22 seconds. (Sound of unseemly chair dancing and self high fives...)

[Waverunner]

Oh goody, more Panzer divisions in Germany...

[mass55th]

"Germany pledges to make its military 'the backbone of defence in Europe'"

Maybe they should try to invade Russia again, in order to take control of their oilfields. They didn't do so well that time round, to the point, that Germany became dependent on Russian oil for the next 70+ years.

[teeman8r]

what could possibly go wrong.

[Night Hides Not]

NATO was founded to keep Germany in check.

[Cronos]

The thing is that Germany has been a state only since 1870 — that is far, far younger than France (8th century) or the UK (16th century) or even the Netherlands, Denmark or Sweden.

So it was trying to find its place in the world.

Germany won’t go back to its military ways as it has figured out how to dominate using its economy.

[Hodar]

You know that Europe has gone to shit, when they look toward the country that started WWI and WWII to bail their collective, cowardly asses out of problems they created.

Pretty much Europe, this is your third strike.

[central_va]

NATO is stronger than ever.

Let me fix it.

NATO is not as weak as before.

[central_va]

All the teutonic alpha males were killed off in 2 world wars.

[Jeff Chandler]