Germans Piqued by Retired U.S. Officer's Op-Ed

INSIGHT on the News ^ | September 27, 2004 | By Frederick J. Chiaventone

[nathanbedford]

Do you know how true that is? Many hostesses now request that we pee sittin.

[Ready4Freddy]

Yet they thought so little of him that he didn't make bird colonel.......

So apparently someone else thinks he's a worthwhile theorist.

[danamco]

They spend less than 1% on their nations defense.


And that's what it should be, always! Never let the Germans become a military power again!!

[ApesForEvolution]

Soon it will be time to liberate Europe again...

[tortoise]

Soon it will be time to liberate Europe again...

I, for one, have better things to do with my life and liberty.

[ApesForEvolution]

LOL

I say put a wall up around Old Europe, fill the area in with water and create a new European resort with sandy beaches...

[Michael81Dus]

I wonder what you would say if Europeans said such about America...

[ApesForEvolution]

"I wonder what you would say if Europeans said such about America..."

Don't even think about getting me started. I know how Euros in general and Krauts (of which I'm half) in particular talk about America. Not all, but I know what attitudes prevail. Some of the most hedonist, ungrateful, self-centered, God-less and disgusting people on earth in 2004 AD on planet Earth. My question, of a serious nature, is "did we export that to you, or did you export that to us?".

[Michael81Dus]

I don´t know where your blind hatred derives from, I for myself cannot say that I´ve ever met people who say they hate Americans that much that they´d wish a wall around your country.

As far as I´m concerned, since the day life with consciousness exists on earth there has been evil.

[ApesForEvolution]

Please define your politics for me quickly, if you would please. I believe you are a younger German gentleman, but that's about it. TIA

[OESY]

You wrote: He isn't that bad, and he's perfectly correct about the Germans.

Frederick J. Chiaventone, the article's author, wrote: "Peters is also very fond of Germany - he lived there for years, speaks the language like a native, and reads German literature in the original language."

There seems to be a fundamental contradiction in these views. Though his column today wasn't too bad, he was blind to what was happening during major combat operations in Afghanistan and in Iraq because he wanted a disaster he could pin on Rumsfeld. (He has some other strange views as well.) Other military analysts provided far more insightful and intelligent reviews of these wars and the reasons for our success than Peters.

[Looking4Truth]

The article barely scratches the surface of just how much the LNs (Local Nationals) are scamming us for. The SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) provides them with huge pay for comparatively low-skilled positions and there are 'works councils' (unions?) that decide grievances and such.

They get the EU six-week vacations, all German holidays and of course all American holidays. They get full retirement just like GS, NAF, and military personnel. They file grievances at the drop of a hat.

I've heard (but can't verify) that in most cases if you fire one, you have to pay their retirement.