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2009-07-15 Africa Horn

US Pulled Plug on German GSG9 Operation Against Somali Pirates

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Posted by Lone Ranger 2009-07-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 What's wrong with Jones? Lost his balls since he left the USMC?

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-15 01:44|| 2009-07-15 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 a cost to the German treasury well in excess of the combined ransom payments of recent years

Uh .... a few things here.

First, WTF is the focus on this trivial cost, for actually DOING something? Ya know, shouldering a tiny fraction of your own responsibilities, for your own citizens?

Second, the ransom payments have been a (predictable, obvious, inexcusable) catastrophe.

I forget the date, but back in Baghdad, the week that Berlin had paid ransom for some kidnapped German national in Iraq, I happened to spend some time around the German wire service reporter (DPA?) who was making a visit to Baghdad. Like most western agencies, DPA did not maintain a permanent presence there.

The DPA reporter was furious beyond words at the idiotic ransom payment, and was thinking about shortening the visit to Iraq as a result. Words to the effect of "now ANY German is pure gold in Iraq, what idiots in Berlin!".

OK, so it's better to have a feckless, pathetic, dependent, contemptibly stupid, cowardly, shameless Germany than a genocidal, maniacal, criminal, insane Germany.

And yes, GSG9 is first-rate (I have a SEAL friend that's trained with them), many Germans are not cowardly or pathetic or shameless and are basically adults about world affairs. But ... so what? It's like saying many Americans are honorable, courageous, competent, with a moral compass and a sense of service. But so what? (you fill in the rest)

Posted by Verlaine 2009-07-15 02:45|| 2009-07-15 02:45|| Front Page Top

#3 The Germans have always been warriors.

Posted by bman 2009-07-15 11:41|| 2009-07-15 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 bman - they most certainly are not warriors these days. Most of them are politically correct fat pantywaists.

GSG9 and a couple of other small organizations being the exception.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-15 22:49|| 2009-07-15 22:49|| Front Page Top

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