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Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, recently got the all-clear for a massive increase in investment after parliament voted to exempt defence spending from strict rules on debt.

The country's top general has told the BBC the cash boost is urgently needed because he believes Russian aggression won't stop at Ukraine.

"We are threatened by Russia. We are threatened by Putin. We have to do whatever is needed to deter that," Gen Carsten Breuer says. He warns that Nato should be braced for a possible attack in as little as four years.

"It's not about how much time I need, it's much more about how much time Putin gives us to be prepared," the defence chief says bluntly. "And the sooner we are prepared the better."

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[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 81 points 4 months ago

It feels a bit weird being on the German side for once, also their track record of succeeding isn't that great, but I love our neighbors and I fully support them.

I'm just, sad the world is falling into another world war while we also just could be more kind and forgiving towards each other. It would save a lot of lives and leads of pain and agony.

[-] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

None of this would have been necessary if it wasn’t for republicans.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

Not just republicans. Democrats in the US are right wing too. The entire country is fucked up, the reps just speed up the process exponentially. But don't forget the most immigrants who have been thrown out was during Obama and Biden. Biden supported Israel too, with loads of weapons.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I call them the Republicrats and get attacked as being a centrist. That is the perversion of this situation is that I don't think either part of our one party system give two shits about me. The only thing about the democrat faction is they are not trying to put people in real cages. Just trap them in wage slavery.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Right... As if incarceration didn't increase during dems terms. As if there weren't crimes against humanity in prisons and detention centers thanks to dems.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Its been increasing no matter who has been in office as long as I have been alive. Its never gone down. So your point to me is meaningless.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It actually went down during Trumps first term. That fucking idiot even failed in the thing he wanted most.

[-] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 5 points 4 months ago

If only American OPSEC was clean.

[-] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

So yes forgiving and all that. Here are the steps: 1 Putin removes his troops from the occupied territories 2 he apologizes 3 maybe someone forgives him.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Well yeah, but what I wished was that he wouldn't have invaded in the first place, no totalitarian rulers, no people declaring wars as a dick measuring contest. No Putin in the first place. Putin will never give up and apologize, but hopefully he dies and his replacement would retreat, apologize and help Ukraine fix their country. But the chance of that happening is little to none, the next in line is probably just as bad as Putler.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

We are not the same Germany, with exception to the Prussian military discipline that is buried deep within us. Thanks to morons in DC and Moscow, they are forcing to break the pacifistic dam that we were force to build post WW II.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

They are good as long as they don't have a demented drug user has their leader.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Check, no Adolf Musk as bundeskanzler

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Trump did so much blow that his asshole fell off.

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[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

That doesn't feel weird, it feels totally fucked up. The Dutch government is the same, maybe not as bad as Germany but still. There's a ban on supplying them with weapons, but the Dutch government is finding loopholes to do it anyway. I'm totally disgusted by it. Fuck Israel, bunch of fucking nazis. Out of everyone on this planet, especially them should know better.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I mean the track record is pretty good as long as you don't just stop at the 20th century.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

There were no world wars pre 20th century. But yeah, Germany, Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation were pretty successful pre 20th century.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

They were actually multiple world Wars pre 20th century.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

There’s a lot of money to be made from a war.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yet it costs much more, and not just money.

[-] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

USAmerica has made shit loads off war.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

And the rest of the world had to pay for it.

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