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2016-05-04 Europe

German Army Has to Leave NATO Exercises Early Because of Overtime Rules

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Posted by DarthVader 2016-05-04 11:18|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11123 views ] Top

#1 How the mighty have fallen.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-05-04 11:19|| 2016-05-04 11:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The story needs a graphic of Wile E. Coyote and Sam the sheepdog punching the time clock after a long day of beating the hell out of each other...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-05-04 11:24|| 2016-05-04 11:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, we certainly stomped that old militarist streak out of them. File under - Fundamental Transformation

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-05-04 11:25|| 2016-05-04 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Yup, I think we wussified the Germans a tad too much...

Posted by Steve White 2016-05-04 11:35|| 2016-05-04 11:35|| Front Page Top

#5 And the chaser is a link with the Germans praising a EU unified military.

The EU doesn't have enough military might to frighten a small Asian nation.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-05-04 11:40|| 2016-05-04 11:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Having a unified EU military is the next step in allowing each EU member nation to cut their own military capability even more -- after all, the EU military will be there to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, right?

Posted by Steve White 2016-05-04 14:04|| 2016-05-04 14:04|| Front Page Top

#7 The EUSSR military will be there to invade European nations and harass the European aboriginal peoples who will by then not be kowtowing to what the politburo wants.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2016-05-04 14:38|| 2016-05-04 14:38|| Front Page Top

#8 ...well for that, they can save and buy cheaper Russian equipment. Proven by so many autocracies to keep the population in place.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-05-04 14:42|| 2016-05-04 14:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Let the Romans go...it is almost five o'clock.

Posted by Arminius 2016-05-04 15:40|| 2016-05-04 15:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Please inform Alexander I that our armies have worked for 41 hours this week, and will not be able to assist at Leipzig, and that our army will re-form next work week.

Posted by Karl Philipp 2016-05-04 15:54|| 2016-05-04 15:54|| Front Page Top

#11 It was the Norwegians unfunded overtime, the Germans take comp and cash depending on budget. The Norwegians must take cash, but there was no funding.

Posted by Shipman 2016-05-04 17:39|| 2016-05-04 17:39|| Front Page Top

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