Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.
Neither have most armed western country done any good. German military has one of the most atrocious records of acts against humankind, but it’s not that exceptional in comparison to many of its european/western allies.
The need to declare the former axis power as a exceptional evil, is done for the western colonial powers to whitewash their own crimes, erase victims of slavery & colonialism, and make local leftist “feel better” about being british/french/dutch/belgian/american nationalists. Its also why I find it silly to act as if USA/UK rehabilitating nazis/italian & japanese fascist was a great “betrayal” on the “true soul of the nation” or something or that operation paperclip made america somehow fascist - these are just attempts to wiggle out of white guilt and not combat chauvinsim.
Well said, other western countries are very quick to point to Nazi Germany as some uniquely evil place but it seems their biggest crime was invading other “civilized” countries. Everything else is just par for the course as an imperial power
West Germany had one of the largest armies in europe, this isnt a novelty.
An armed Germany historically in general isn’t a good thing, but still fair.
Neither have most armed western country done any good. German military has one of the most atrocious records of acts against humankind, but it’s not that exceptional in comparison to many of its european/western allies.
The need to declare the former axis power as a exceptional evil, is done for the western colonial powers to whitewash their own crimes, erase victims of slavery & colonialism, and make local leftist “feel better” about being british/french/dutch/belgian/american nationalists. Its also why I find it silly to act as if USA/UK rehabilitating nazis/italian & japanese fascist was a great “betrayal” on the “true soul of the nation” or something or that operation paperclip made america somehow fascist - these are just attempts to wiggle out of white guilt and not combat chauvinsim.
Well said, other western countries are very quick to point to Nazi Germany as some uniquely evil place but it seems their biggest crime was invading other “civilized” countries. Everything else is just par for the course as an imperial power