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Originally Posted by Tim
At no time have I suggested that I was "worried" about German "nationalist aggression"
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I wasn't implying that you were worried about it.
I was assuming that that was the reasoning behind the comment you made, which I explain below.
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Originally Posted by Tim
You managed to thoroughly misunderstand my posts. If you can find any reference to "German aggression" in my posts, please let me know.
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It's very possible that I did misunderstand your post. If so I hope you'll clarify your position.
When you say something like, "for obvious reasons", instead of stating the reasons that you feel the way you do you kind of leave yourself open to misinterpretation though. Don't you? What's obvious to you may not be obvious to me and I'm left to my own devices, and my own understanding of history, to decipher what you mean.
I'm sure you'll be able to straighten this out though.
Here's the post I responded to:
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The use - and even the existence of - the military in Germany is a controversial issue, and there is widespread ambivalence among the population, for obvious historical reasons.
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Why do you say that the existence and/or use of the German military is a controversial issue?
What do you mean by widespread ambivalance among the (German) population and to what do you attribute that precieved ambivalance?
The only "obvious historical reason" that I can see which would adequately support such comments would be the long history of German nationalism, militarism, and aggression under the Deutsches Reich, Weimar Republic, and Third Reich.
I can't think of too much else in German history that would leave such a scar on the German people as to render their military controversial or their views toward it ambivalent.
If the existence of the military is a controversial issue then that controversy must arise from some degree of worry. That is why I used the word "worry" in my response to you.
In all events, I think that explains what my interpretation of your post ammounted to and why I came to the conclusion I did.
If you could just answer the two questions I asked you you'll be able to clear everything up. And I appologize for any misunderstanding on my part, or any offense you may have taken to it.