Comments by "First Last" (@First-Last_name) on "German Defense Minister set to resign after series of blunders | DW News" video.

  1. She wasn't terrible but with all the pressure right now she wasn't projecting a good image for Germany. They need someone who wants the job and can perform in a war time setting. ⏲ She was far from the only problem with the ministry of defence.
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  2. The whole point the position exists is to take away power from generals and provide civilian oversight. Germany has a bad experience with handing the military too much power
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  3. The whole point is to prevent the military having too much control. Germany has a complicated history of the military having to much power.
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  4. Scrap their old junk, and keep new stuff at increased readiness. So something like every light tank won't break down in an exercise.
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  5.  @enhancedutility266  putting generals in political positions like this tends to lead to bad politics, dragging countries in to war. Minister of Defence is Commander-in-chief of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, with around 265,019 active soldiers and civilians. The minister is the highest rank in the military. They can make decisions on all issues concerning the armed forces. Including deployment of combat units, the introduction of new systems, the closure of garrisons. It is only upon the promulgation of a state of defence that the power of command over the armed forces passes to the Federal Chancellor.
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  6. Works both ways.
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  7. russia blew the line just like the one a few days ago on Lithuanian independence day. I seem to recall russia having an iron curtain splitting Germany in half and forcing them to fight against each other. Luckily vranyo can only carry you so far and the USSR eventually collapsed in on itself. Like the federation is on track to.
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  8. How?
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  9.  @fordhouse8b  it's good enough in peace. In war definitely she suckered and deserves the can. In peace she was par for the course. She was a sand trap recently. Glad She's gone but she definitely wasn't the root of the problem. Tip of the iceberg.
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