The Financial Times is reporting on Germany's military expansion:
- Germany will on Wednesday adopt the most radical restructuring of its military since 1945, turning the Bundeswehr into an international intervention force, according to an internal cabinet strategy paper obtained by the Financial Times.
The paper, which will be endorsed at a special cabinet meeting in the defence ministry, is the product of a review – the first of its kind since 1994 – begun by Angela Merkel, chancellor, after she won office last November. It will see Germany's military officially abandon its primary postwar task of defending the country's borders in favour of a more robust role for German troops on international missions.
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"It seems the Germans are following our example."
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Yes, Lee, that's a sad, but insightful observation to make. No longer does the world have this country to look to as an example of how best to behave as citizens, it can now look to our government for reinforcement of totalitarian behavior. Who would have thought we'd ever live to see the day?
Elizabeth
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