German efforts to meet defense obligations as part of NATO are sparking heated discussions within the country about its military because of the nation's Nazi history, according to a top diplomat.
“These debates are necessary in view of Germany’s history,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday at a forum on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington. “Instead of only talking about ability or willingness to honor commitments with the alliance, we should also make one thing clear: NATO may be a security alliance but above all it's an alliance of values and it has a political function.”
Maas’ implicit reference to Germany’s role in the Second World War came just a couple hours after Vice President Mike Pence lashed Berlin for failing to honor a 2014 pledge to increase defense spending.
Are the Germans seriously arguing that they can't be trusted with a real military after so many decades in NATO and as a democracy?
If so, allow me to apply the clue bat:
I keep reading that the Germans hate their militaristic past so much that they don't want to fight.
Let's try applying the clue bat to Germany's collective skull on this issue.
Conquering and setting up death camps under the shield of a powerful military? That's bad. By all means, don't do that.
Having a military capable of fighting death cult enemies or stopping the Russians from moving west? Well, that's a good thing. Try doing that.
If the Germans are convinced that they are that prone to going full Aryan on Europe, maybe we just need to pull out and nuke the site from orbit as the only way to make sure.
What is wrong with these people?
