WTF?? German General to head US Army??

[68RR]

http://www.stripes.com/news/army/in-historic-first-german-army-general-appointed-usareur-chief-of-staff-1.296324

[ELVIS]

first the USMNT now this????????????

god bless.

[BP]

What do you expect? Our UN ambassador is Irish. At least Obama can't fire a German officer.

[bcoop]

first the USMNT now this????????????

god bless.

lol

[turboford]

More butt kissing from Obama. I wouldn't put to much into it.

[CJ]

Sounds like this is the punishment for spying on Germany. Appeasement for stupidity.

[ceyko]

Wow.

May as well make their Federal Pres or whatever POTUS while we're at it.

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I know some fields switch operatives in from other countries as necessary, but this just sounds crazy. He's not a grunt on lease to SOC. Stupid is expensive.

[Sean88gt]

Fatigues by Hugo Boss.

[KBScobravert]

Germans are allowed to have beards and drink beer in combat zones. Just sayin, maybe this ain't a bad thing.

[cool cat]

Wow.

May as well make their Federal Pres or whatever POTUS while we're at it.

Sounds better then what we have now.

[svauto-erotic855]

Considering the purge of qualified general officers in the United States military that is being done in the name of diversity and gender equality I would say that the appointment of a German General is a step up in quality. Does anyone here think that an Obama approved affirmative action general would do a better job?

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Fatigues by Hugo Boss.

Excellent!

[Moose242]

Strange. The UK and France both have larger standing militaries and are more powerful (based on logistics, budget, personnel, land, air, and naval power) and are both permanent UN security council members.

My guess is it has to do with reparations from the whole spying shenanigan, our huge military presence in Germany, and Germany's proximity to Poland (and by extension, Russia). I am armchair-generaling big time.

[BP]

Considering the purge of qualified general officers in the United States military that is being done in the name of diversity and gender equality I would say that the appointment of a German General is a step up in quality. Does anyone here think that an Obama approved affirmative action general would do a better job?

Very true, at least he has combat experience. He's still going to be under the command of a USAF 4 star and a USN 3 star in theater, who are both under the joint chiefs at the Pentagon. Who of course are under the SECDEF and their various branch secretaries. It's not like he could command US forces to invade Poland.