Posted on 05/08/2025 1:05:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Germany has sacked a top NATO general after he reportedly made a rape joke in front of a female British army officer.
Major General Hartmut Renk, 62, was dismissed from his role as deputy commander for Ukraine support in the alliance after he was heard saying: 'If rape is inevitable, then relax and enjoy,' during a meeting.
The offensive comment reportedly sparked outrage in the room, where a number of NATO colleagues were said to be present.
The British military officer then lodged a formal complaint, prompting an urgent investigation by Germany's defence ministry.
According to German news website Der Spiegel, Renk admitted to making the remark, claiming it was meant as 'ironic and sarcastic' motivation - a defence that failed to prevent his dismissal from his posting in Wiesbaden, west Germany.
The scandal reached the highest levels of Germany's military and government with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Carsten Breuer, the head of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, becoming personally involved in reviewing the case.
Pistorius later confirmed that Renk had been dismissed from his critical role due to the gravity of the incident.
According to Spiegel Renk's NATO career is now effectively over. A planned promotion to a different posting to NATO's Norfolk command base in the US has been scrapped over the rape comments, and his early departure from Wiesbaden has already been initiated.
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Ooops
I remember Bobby Knight saying that. Didn’t cost him his job as generals are a dime a dozen.
Shades of Clayton Williams.
He should have consulted Whoopie.
Were there any other stereotypes who witnessed the incident?
Maybe it was a comment about Britain and Germany accepting too many rapefugees.
I thought the version used in Germany was:
If rape is inevitable, relax and take it like a man.
It really is a stupid thing to say out loud and especially with women in the room.
Yes, it was unbelievably stupid.
Or maybe he was responding to the feminist claim that “all men are rapists” and that most women are raped some time during their lives.
I have an idea…let’s hire ALL female generals! Then they’ll be no dirty jokes!
Unless he is an idiot, he said it to get a rise from the female officer.
I remember that, Clayton lost that race thanks to a bad case of foot in mouth disease.
Context is everything, so it is left out to make the article’s audience easier to manipulate.
We need these tough women soldiers in the EU army fighting Russians.
Yes
I was working pipeline in Texas then for Brown and Root project doing river crossing east Texas as spread manager
My gf and I were like damn dude
Plus one
Flag officers are today political pussies
Literally in this case
Is that any worse than “lie back and think of the EU”?
Not only got stuck with Ma Richards because of it, but Dumbya as well.
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