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I can only imagine Chirac dashing to the nuclear room, hoping to press the button before his surrendering instincts take over 
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I say go for it. Reorganization of the forces sounds interesting, and possibly the wave of the future.
I think we can trust the Germans now. At least as much as the French I mean.
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I still don't see how this sort of organization would be more effective."Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
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Originally posted by Spiffor
I can only imagine Chirac dashing to the nuclear room, hoping to press the button before his surrendering instincts take over
You're my favorite French poster.
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wake me when the U.S. has to stomp the fourth reich into submissionComment
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Re: German military prepares for offensive operations.
AFAIK Eurofighter Typhoon and Eurocopter Tiger are already in service.Originally posted by Tripledoc
There will be an overall cut in equipment and men, however the draft will be retained, and new equipment like the Airbus A 400-M troop carrier and the Eurofighter will be introduced.
To the changes - it is the next step to move from the cold-war "have-lots-of-tanks-to-stop-the-evil-soviets"-Bundeswehr to more mobile forces that are needed in conflicts today. But given our constitutional background they will hardly go anywhere in a German unilateral action.
Not conscription, but women can now go into real combat troops if they wish. IIRC that has to do with EU law. Before women weren´t allowed to join combat forces (only medics etc.), but that was seen as discriminating by women who wnated exactly that. Since 2001 they can now be everything from Panzergrenadier to jet pilot.Didn't Germany introduce conscription for women too?BlahComment
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awesome. it's about time the Krauts shook up Europe again.
Once you're all unified under one currency, it'll be even easier to conquer you! IT'S A TRAP!
/me vaguely remembers something about germanic states uniting under one currency back in the day... zurich something?
but wait, if the 4th reich comes up and gets stomped on, can i still make nazi jokes?"I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
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Only as long they´re funnyOriginally posted by Uber KruX
but wait, if the 4th reich comes up and gets stomped on, can i still make nazi jokes?
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Dont worry Spiffor, it is not a very hight ranking in his favorite scale.Originally posted by DinoDoc
You're my favorite French poster.
Statistical anomaly.
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Are you saying that Germany produces more blowhards than other nations?Originally posted by Tripledoc
For a greater strategic picture.
Here is an interesting map of installed European Wind Energy. Note Germany's supremacy.
Accobatreader.http://www.ewea.org/documents/WIND_CAP_JUNE03.pdfNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Germany preparing offensive forces...
that irks me a little more than Japan preparing offensive forces.
Why? It isn't like France couldn't use the improvement
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don't be trying sneak in that Blitzkrieg crap this time!
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