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| Germany doesn't meet NATO promises. |
| 2018-03-23 |
| [StrategyPage] Germany has come up short once more in meeting its military obligations to NATO. Leaked readiness data indicates that a key component of the NATO rapid reaction force, which Germany is to supply in 2019, is nowhere near ready to perform duties German said it could handle. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #8 Historically it's FORTUNATE if The German defense minister is absolutely incompetent |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-03-23 18:59 |
| #7 The current German defense minister is unfortunately absolutely incompetent. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2018-03-23 16:48 |
| #6 Given how much Germany is spending in financial support as well as policing the 1.x million colonists Chancellor Merkel invited, it's no wonder they haven't the funds for a properly kitted out military as well. I seem to recall they already had to increase taxes to cover their increased domestc expenditures. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-03-23 16:46 |
| #5 :-) |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-23 05:48 |
| #4 Grom, Thanks for catching that - not sure what's going on this morning but none of my link attempts seem to be working. This site covers things quite nicely: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/16920/the-curious-case-of-germanys-massive-new-but-relatively-toothless-type-125-frigates Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-03-23 05:47 |
| #3 ^Bad link |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-23 04:58 |
| #2 ...I'm starting to think that when you look at this and the Baden-Wurttemburg disaster, the Germans are acting like the kid who botches up mowing the lawn so badly that Dad does it anyways. Mike [edit 3dc - link fixed] |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-03-23 04:48 |
| #1 NATO is a mutual defense organization. Why on Earth are we still allied with these ungrateful freeloaders? |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2018-03-23 01:53 |