re: #194 windsagio

Unless I”m missing something, just because the German military takes parts in things doesn’t mean the people like it much.

It’s a democratic society, if the people didn’t like it, they could vote to end it.

Germany has taken part in NATO and UN operations since 1994 when it was declared legal to, but their force sizes are tiny and strictly limited.

Their forces being tiny has a lot to do with technology being so much more lethal than back in the days when Germany had over a hundred divisions (and this is also another reason for the alleged “pacifism” – nowaday Germany can wage war without sacrificing many lifes of her citizens, like any industrialized nation btw). You may want to find out how many people have been killed by German forces rather than how many participate in order to make meaningful statements about “pacifism”.