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bbgun · 12-03-2008

Thanks for having our backs, guys.

REPORT: GERMANS TOO FAT TO FIGHT

CONSUMED 1.7M PINTS OF BEER IN 2007 IN AFGHANISTAN

December 3, 2008

First they were accused of not wanting to fight. Then they were blamed for failing in their main mission to train the Afghan police.

Now Germany's battered military reputation has received a further humiliating blow. According to official reports the 3,500 troops in northern Afghanistan drink too much and are too fat to fight.

A German parliamentary report has revealed that in 2007 German forces in Afghanistan consumed about 1.7 million pints of beer and 90,000 bottles of wine. During the first six months of this year 896,000 pints of beer were shipped to German forces in Afghanistan. British and US bases in the country enforce a strict ban on alcohol.

The physical condition of the soldiers was already in question after a German armed forces report found that 40 percent of its soldiers aged 18-29 were overweight, compared to 35 percent of the civilian population of the same age.

Reinhold Robbe, the parliamentary commissioner for the German armed forces, concluded: "Plainly put, the soldiers are too fat, exercise too little and take little care of their diet."

masomenos · 12-03-2008

Let's see...

Germany is the country that hosts the original Oktoberfest, invented the beer stein, and allows kids to start drinking at age 14.

Maybe it's just me, but this is one of those "oh, well duh" articles.

Sasquatch · 12-03-2008

Remember that outburst of self-righteous indignation when a poster liked to US soldiers to burger flippers in another thread?

I'm sure the 30 or so Germans who have sacrificed their lives for your freedom and liberty appreciate the respect you're according them and their families by caricaturing them as fat, drunk, lazy, and stupid sitcom characters.

Is it any wonder that a weary public rolls its eyes every time the right gets indignant about something?

Phrozen Phil · 12-03-2008

It's very dry there and people get thirsty. Apparently the strategy of Beer Gardens and Oom-pah bands hasn't won the Taliban over. Maybe a salvo of pretzels will win the day!

bbgun · 12-03-2008

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Originally Posted by masomenos85

Let's see...

Germany is the country that hosts the original Oktoberfest, invented the beer stein, and allows kids to start drinking at age 14.

Maybe it's just me, but this is one of those "oh, well duh" articles.

The Brits and Yanks are no strangers to drink. In fact, the UK is one big floating bar these days. This is more a matter of "priorities" and "discipline."

masomenos · 12-03-2008

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Originally Posted by Sasquatch

Remember that outburst of self-righteous indignation when a poster liked to US soldiers to burger flippers in another thread?

I'm sure the 30 or so Germans who have sacrificed their lives for your freedom and liberty appreciate the respect you're according them and their families by caricaturing them as fat, drunk, lazy, and stupid sitcom characters.

Is it any wonder that a weary public rolls its eyes every time the right gets indignant about something?

Admit it, that's a pretty funny picture in the original post.

masomenos · 12-03-2008

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Originally Posted by bbgun

The Brits and Yanks are no strangers to drink. In fact, the UK is one big floating bar these days. This is more a matter of "priorities" and "discipline."

Being a raging liberal, I have no concept of either of those words.

zrinkill · 12-03-2008

Damn that Bush ..... he made the Germans fat.

iceberg · 12-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

Remember that outburst of self-righteous indignation when a poster liked to US soldiers to burger flippers in another thread?

I'm sure the 30 or so Germans who have sacrificed their lives for your freedom and liberty appreciate the respect you're according them and their families by caricaturing them as fat, drunk, lazy, and stupid sitcom characters.

Is it any wonder that a weary public rolls its eyes every time the right gets indignant about something?

well if they'd not do it at every single opportunity....

burmafrd · 12-03-2008

As usual you miss the point sasqie. This is a commentary on the willingness of those in Germany to shirk their responsibilities and do nothing. But then again to liberals that is nothing new.

burmafrd · 12-03-2008

I also remember some people getting mad at me for pointing out how useless Nato has been in afghanistan. Like I said outside of the Brits and occasionally the canadians (VERY occasionally) we get NO HELP at all from NATO in Afghanistan. The MESSIAH has even said they need to do more.