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Young Germans opting out of military service as Berlin strives to boost army
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
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Good nobody should join the German military. And don't buy into this "Russian threat" nonsense as reasoning when its blatantly false.
Right, Russia only killed hundreds of thousands of its own people alone in an unprovoked invasion over the past couple years. Truly no reason for anyone to worry.
German forces are about 200k in total btw. (a fraction of Russia's and Chinas in case anyone is wondering)
Obvious tankie is obvious. It might have more to do with the German governments unwavering support of Israel.
To quote from the article itself:
And the "Russian threat" simply isn't really there (at least not to NATO), so it's just a lame excuse for militarisation. This is not even a tankie opinion.
The Bundeswehr isn't really directly involved with the occupying forces in Palestine, so this has nothing do with it.