Germany helps Ukraine…

November 14, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Deportations, Germany, Russia, Soldiers, Ukraine Leave a comment

By sending Russia more Russian soldiers.

Russian conscientious objectors in Germany face deportation – A ruling by the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg means Russian conscientious objectors who fled their country have less chance of being granted asylum in Germany. Human rights activists are concerned.

Germany is deporting more and more Russian citizens back to Russia, even though there is not a single direct flight between the two countries. The number of deportations could increase if the courts and authorities consider a ruling by the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg as a precedent…

“I wouldn’t say that German courts are adopting positions held by the Russian government. I interpret it as an unwillingness to consider information provded by human rights activists and the United Nations. It is easier to echo Russia’s state media outlets, who claim there is no mobilization.”

Women more equal, again

June 13, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: Draft, Equality, Germany, Laws, Military, Soldiers, Troops, War, Women Leave a comment

This time it’s when it comes to avoiding military service in Germany.

Hey. Girls will be girls. I mean, women.

German national service plan ‘discriminates against men’ – All 18-year-olds to get questionnaire but women do not have to fill it out.

PS: This also applies to “trans-women,” of course. However, one aspect of Germany’s recent gender law is very interesting. If it ever came to war – and a draft – these “trans-women” would be treated as men and drafted. This law may be ridiculous, and it is, but at least it legally establishes that there are only two genders and that they are not equal.

No asylum for you!

April 21, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Hypocrisy Tags: Asylum Seekers, Draft, Germany, Russia, Russians, Soldiers, Ukraine, War Leave a comment

You’re a European, after all.

And we have too many of those.

Germany: No asylum for Russian draft dodgers?

German authorities say that men coming to Germany from Russia to avoid being enlisted in the army are not at risk of persecution if they return to Russia.

“We are expected to speak out and be more politically active, and then we are denied asylum. According to several articles of the law in Russia, we can be thrown into jail just for taking part in protests here.”

Does Germany have a choice?

January 24, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Hideology Tags: Armies, Citizenship, Demographics, Germans, Germany, Military, Soldiers Leave a comment

The Germans are running out. They will soon be in the minority.

In their own country.

Germany weighs allowing foreign citizens into the army – A senior lawmaker has told DW a potential scheme could include people not just from current EU members, but also from candidate countries, and provide a quicker path to German citizenship.

Clever Move

December 18, 2019 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hi-tech, Home Cooking Tags: Armies, Bundeswehr, German, Germans, Germany, Soldiers, Trains, Transportation Leave a comment

To let German service members ride their country’s trains for free.

None of the Bundeswehr’s transportation systems work so this way they’ll still be able to make it to combat operations on time. Although, on the other hand, Germany’s railway isn’t the most reliable these days either.

German service members in uniform and their children will be allowed to travel for free on trains in Germany, beginning next month. Germany’s minister of defense and the head of Deutsche Bahn came to an agreement Monday in Berlin, allowing military members from each branch to ride all of the national railroad service’s trains at no cost, together with their children up to the age of 14. Spouses will still have to pay their own way, a German Defense Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday.

What Army?

February 15, 2019 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Army, Bundeswehr, Defense, NATO, Recruitment, Soldiers 1 Comment

Nobody wants to join Germany’s army.

Germany’s armed forces are struggling to attract much-needed recruits, with the number of new soldiers joining the Bundeswehr falling to an all-time low last year. The shortages are an urgent challenge for the German military, which has tried to boost its strength and capabilities at a time of record-low unemployment, and against fierce competition from both the private sector and institutions such as the police.

The need to build up the Bundeswehr reflects at least in part the recent pressure from the U.S. and other allies to raise German defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product, in line with a longstanding commitment given by all NATO members. Berlin spent 1.2 percent of its budget on defense last year, a figure that is expected to rise to 1.5 percent by 2024. Still …

JUST 20,000 RECRUITS JOINED THE ARMED FORCES IN 2018, DOWN FROM 23,000 THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THE LOWEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE BUNDESWEHR.

But Then Who’s Going To Protect Us?

December 28, 2018 By Hermann Observer in Hypocrisy, Habitudes, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hard Facts, Hurt Feelings, Hideology Tags: German, Taliban, Afghanistan, Bundeswehr, Soldiers, Germany, Germans, ISAF 1 Comment

German ISAF (I Saw Americans Fighting) are already packing their bags in Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump’s mooted decision to pull half the US troops out of Afghanistan could mean that the German military follows suit, according to a former head of the Bundeswehr.

“If the United States reduces itself to a small contingent in Afghanistan there’s no reason for us to continue the mission anymore,” retired General Harald Kujat, inspector general of the German military between 2000 and 2002, told the Tagesspiegel newspaper on Thursday.

He added that it was “out of the question” to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan if the protection and support of German troops could not be guaranteed, though he said he expected other NATO members, such as the UK, to increase their contribution to make up for any US withdrawal.

I mean, what on earth do the Americans expect the German army to do? Protect themselves? Like, with firearms or something?

Stray Dogs Might Be Next

August 26, 2018 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Armies, Bundeswehr, Defense, Foreigners, German, Germans, Germany, NATO, Recruitment, Soldiers, Teenagers Leave a comment

Germany’s military has a manpower problem, and its solution may be foreigners and teenagers.

Germany’s long-understaffed Bundeswehr is using computer videogames in an effort to lure young people into its ranks.

During this year’s Gamescom trade fair for video games in Cologne, the German armed forces unfurled a number of “Multiplayer in Its Best” and “A More Open World Doesn’t Exist” posters with a bundeswehrkarriere.de link carefully printed underneath.

“Vor zwei Jahren hab’ ich noch mit Playmobil gespielt.”

Can Somebody Pick Up The German Army In Mali?

February 4, 2018 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Armies, Bundeswehr, Defense, German, Germans, Germany, Mali, NATO, Soldiers, Spending Leave a comment

I mean, if it’s on your way and not too much of an inconvenience? They want to come home now but their airplane is broken.

The Bundeswehr, one of NATO’s largest militaries, is now a steady source of news about planes that can’t fly, tanks that break down and troops that admire the Nazis. So what exactly has gone wrong in Germany’s army?

Quite simple, really. These are soldiers who are not allowed to be soldiers in an army that is not allowed to be an army – other than to serve as an excuse for being able to export lots of way cool and expensive military equipment that works fine everywhere else but here. There’s a lack of culture in Germany regarding its military and its responsibility as a partner, in other words.

Insgesamt 89 in Mali eingesetzte deutsche Soldaten warten seit Tagen auf eine Rückflugmöglichkeit aus dem westafrikanischen Krisenstaat in den Heimaturlaub.

Radical Right-Wing German Soldier Granted Asylum In Germany As Syrian Refugee Turns Out To Be Wannabe Islamist Terrorist

April 27, 2017 By Hermann Observer in Hate, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Asylum Seekers, Bundeswehr, German, Germans, Germany, Islamist Terror, Refugees, Right-Wing Terror, Soldiers, Terrorists Leave a comment

Wait. It gets better. Or maybe it doesn’t. I don’t know what to say, people. But only a military counterintelligence service called MAD could come up with a story like this.

A German soldier who falsely registered as a Syrian asylum seeker has been arrested for planning a terror attack. Authorities believe the lieutenant was motivated by xenophobia…

Prosecutors said the man hid a loaded weapon in a bathroom at Vienna airport in January. He was then briefly arrested by Austrian police when he returned in February to retrieve it.

They later released the soldier due to insufficient evidence. However, the suspect’s fingerprints indicated he had in late 2015 used an alias to falsely register as a Syrian refugee in Germany. In early 2016, he applied for asylum. He was subsequently granted accommodation and even received aid money.

Ein mutmaßlich rechtsradikaler Bundeswehrsoldat, der sich als Flüchtling und Syrer ausgab, soll einen Anschlag geplant haben.

Observing Hermann

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