This may be O.T but i was just wondering...

Rich · #1 November 4th, 2006, 12:31 AM

I served in the US Army, 1966-1969. Guess that makes me an old fart compared to the rest of you.

RecruitMonty · #2 November 4th, 2006, 06:01 PM

They had to recalibrate the rages! Wunderbar! What do you Bundeswehr and Bundesheer guys think about all the so gennante "Skandals". I personally think its a load of fuss about nothing. Just a load of crap that the pacifists are cooking up to try and stop the Bundeswehr (and Germany) from taking a bigger role on the world stage.

Siddhi · #3 November 6th, 2006, 12:51 PM

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RecruitMonty said:
They had to recalibrate the rages! Wunderbar! What do you Bundeswehr and Bundesheer guys think about all the so gennante "Skandals". I personally think its a load of fuss about nothing. Just a load of crap that the pacifists are cooking up to try and stop the Bundeswehr (and Germany) from taking a bigger role on the world stage.

slightly extreme wording and perhaps not completly attune to the reality of our history and culture...but yes

the joke is that the skull that was photo'd and all the fuss is about lie all about in afghanistan, litteraly by the road. so no oppening graves or anything like that.

also, i heard that one poor KSK chap was kicked out of the army for having purchased an ak and putting in his locker (in afghanistan - not germany).

OTOH, some of those KSK guys have been driving around with the the old DAK emblem. it's a bit of a tounge-in-cheak joke that, but so very un-PC that it could very easily be misunderstood.

Shan · #4 November 22nd, 2006, 11:42 AM

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Siddhi said:

slightly extreme wording and perhaps not completly attune to the reality of our history and culture...but yes

the joke is that the skull that was photo'd and all the fuss is about lie all about in afghanistan, litteraly by the road. so no oppening graves or anything like that.

also, i heard that one poor KSK chap was kicked out of the army for having purchased an ak and putting in his locker (in afghanistan - not germany).

OTOH, some of those KSK guys have been driving around with the the old DAK emblem. it's a bit of a tounge-in-cheak joke that, but so very un-PC that it could very easily be misunderstood.

Whoah - let's hope for those guys that no so-called journalist working for BILD is roaming around internet forums such as this one - their next cover-story would be made up, and some guys would be kicked out of the army, damaging its image once more! DAK then stands for Deutsches Afghanistan Korps, huh? Well, you can't really blame the guys who invented this, blame the acronym, as well as the commanders who let them put their sign on the vehicles, if this is true! But in a politically-overcorrect Germany (+ Austria), that's all you need to have another army scandal, with all consequences!

RecruitMonty · #5 November 22nd, 2006, 01:01 PM

Don't blame anyone. Its not like the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan are going to assumt the personas of a bunch of DAK veterans and tear up the place is it.

Mobhack · #6 November 22nd, 2006, 04:23 PM

This is getting somewhat off topic for this forum.

Andy

RecruitMonty · #7 November 23rd, 2006, 05:25 PM

Quoi?

Mobhack · #8 November 23rd, 2006, 07:03 PM

This seems to be meandering into name calling betwen (I think) Austrians and Germans, and some stuff about silly goings-on in Afghanistan.

Therefore nothing to do with the game, and more to do with politics.

If you want to discuss such matters, then there are "political" message boards or usenet groups elsewhere more suited to such.

Cheers
Andy