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WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

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BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- A video showing a German army instructor telling one of his soldiers to envision African-Americans in the Bronx while firing his machine gun was broadcast Saturday on national television.

The video, coming after scandals involving photos of German soldiers posing with skulls in Afghanistan and the abuse of recruits by instructors, seemed likely to raise more questions about training practices in Germany's conscript army.

"We can no longer talk about an isolated case," said Lt. Juergen Rose of the Darmstaedter Signal, a group of current and former army officers and sergeants who independently review military procedures.

"Things like this don't happen in the army on an everyday basis, but unfortunately in recent years there have been a number of comparable incidents."

The Defense Ministry said the video was shot in July 2006 at barracks in the northern town of Rendsburg and that the army has been aware of it since January.

"We are currently investigating the incident," said Florian Naggies, a spokesman for the army and Defense Ministry.

He did not identify the instructor or the soldier, who are shown in camouflage uniforms in a forest.

The instructor tells the soldier, "You are in the Bronx. A black van is stopping in front of you. Three African-Americans are getting out and they are insulting your mother in the worst ways ... Act."

The soldier fires his machine gun several times and yells an obscenity several times in English. The instructor then tells the soldier to curse even louder.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe...rmany.race.ap/
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

I just love it when American teapots are calling European kettles black.

This is a small military case and it could happen anywhere - humans will be humans. It is nothing compared to how American soldiers behave in Iraq....thats for sure.
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

Democratic people have a structural issue with black people. This democratic german instructor simply pull the right democratic strings to spirit up his democratic trainee.
This or killing is fun...
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

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I just love it when American teapots are calling European kettles black.

This is a small military case and it could happen anywhere - humans will be humans. It is nothing compared to how American soldiers behave in Iraq....thats for sure.
Gosh, yes. We must excuse this because someone else is worse.

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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

At least he used the politically correct term and called them "African-Americans".

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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

I dont know the German army, but if its comparable to the Austrian in terms of mindset. Its a bunch of unable idiots and Nazis.

Well perhaps the German army is different, they might be no unable idiots.
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

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I just love it when American teapots are calling European kettles black.

This is a small military case and it could happen anywhere - humans will be humans. It is nothing compared to how American soldiers behave in Iraq....thats for sure.
Yep the second wrong always makes a right. Pathetic Wallarroo. At least most of us, clearly not all though, have the balls to complain about our soldiers when they do something wrong. You guys just defend yours.
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Yep the second wrong always makes a right. Pathetic Wallarroo. At least most of us, clearly not all though, have the balls to complain about our soldiers when they do something wrong. You guys just defend yours.
Bullshit....to say the least. Most of you people and especially you, sure as shit don't have the balls to complain about the deeply antisocial behavior of U.S soldiers in Iraq. Its obvious to the rest of the world that they have a serious attitude problem, which is also the primary reason for their complete failure in upholding the peace. Just ask the Iraqi's weather they prefer American or non-American soldiers to look after them.
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

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Bullshit....to say the least. Most of you people and especially you, sure as shit don't have the balls to complain about the deeply antisocial behavior of U.S soldiers in Iraq. Its obvious to the rest of the world that they have a serious attitude problem, which is also the primary reason for their complete failure in upholding the peace. Just ask the Iraqi's weather they prefer American or non-American soldiers to look after them.
You are way off base here with respect to Gort. Totally wrong.

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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

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Yep the second wrong always makes a right. Pathetic Wallarroo. At least most of us, clearly not all though, have the balls to complain about our soldiers when they do something wrong. You guys just defend yours.
Don't make generalisations. It's not "us" and "them", it's yourself and Wallarroo.
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

You find idiots at any time and at any location.
The difference between a good society and a bad society isn`t the number of idiots, but rather how this society deals with this idiots.
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

MyVideo - Bundeswehr Motherfucker
If anyone is interested. Doesn't look that bad imho.
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Re: WTF? German soldier told to envision US blacks in training?

Any bets on how long before this becomes Bush's fault?

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Any bets on how long before this becomes Bush's fault?

I probably heard more people whine using the sentence "and the libs will somehow say it is Bush's fault" that I heard people saying that something is Bush's fault, correctly or not.
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MyVideo - Bundeswehr Motherfucker
If anyone is interested. Doesn't look that bad imho.
Doesn't mean much to most of us, I think, without subtitles.
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