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2025-11-14 Europe

Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-14 06:36|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1792 views ] Top

1 ‘No Reason to Worry’ Says German Govt as It Prepares for Conscription

Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-14 07:29|| 2025-11-14 07:29|| Front Page Top

2 I'll believe it when I see it.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-11-14 08:40|| 2025-11-14 08:40|| Front Page Top

3 Draft their migrant citizens and sent them overseas for 'peacekeeping' operations. They even got a good name, Deutsches Afrikakorps.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-11-14 09:23|| 2025-11-14 09:23|| Front Page Top

4 P2k,

I'm with you - but I'm pretty sure those beknighted souls will burn Germany to the ground if anyone tries to make them serve.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-11-14 09:51|| 2025-11-14 09:51|| Front Page Top

5 Mr Papperger said he had "no glass ball" about the future but agreed Germany had to be "ready in '29".

I read that to mean "We're going to pretend to do this until Trump is out of office."

Posted by Matt 2025-11-14 10:56|| 2025-11-14 10:56|| Front Page Top

6 No, in Germany, it's very clear that the "good old days" are over and Europe will need to defend itself in the future, no matter who the President of the United States might be.

Posted by European Conservative 2025-11-14 11:03|| 2025-11-14 11:03|| Front Page Top

7 EC, thanks for the correction, which I'm very glad to hear.

Posted by Matt 2025-11-14 11:05|| 2025-11-14 11:05|| Front Page Top

8 Thanks EC, but I see Germany having the same issues the US would if we started the draft again. A ton of youth are fat, necrotic/narcissistic, medicated and out of shape.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-11-14 12:07|| 2025-11-14 12:07|| Front Page Top

9 Russian troops took Berlin three times in different historical periods.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-11-14 12:33|| 2025-11-14 12:33|| Front Page Top

10 On their way to Paris once, if I recall correctly.

Posted by DooDahMan 2025-11-14 12:34|| 2025-11-14 12:34|| Front Page Top

11 A ton of youth are fat, necrotic/narcissistic, medicated and out of shape.

Service will fix or end them.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-14 14:44|| 2025-11-14 14:44|| Front Page Top

12 Use draftees to fill support positions, enlistees for actual combat positions. Pay combat arms and combat support more than the clerks and warehouse people. Problem solved.

Posted by Fred 2025-11-14 19:37|| 2025-11-14 19:37|| Front Page Top

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