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Originally Posted by Dowly
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Yep, this was the answer I expected to get. German army is german army, no matter the party who leads the coutry. Doesnt make the german medals of the time any better or worse even if their leader was a bit of a nutjob.
If that would be the case, then all US medals would be classed as 'rubbish' for the period of time G.W.B. is in the office. :rotfl:
*Runs and hides*
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First of all, the people in the entire world most opposed to the Nazi legacy is the Germans themselves. If the medals are not presently used it would only be be because the Germans themselves thought that the medals were then so closely associated with the Nazi regime that they could no longer morally use them. Please don't try to make me into an anti-German, because I'd have to hate my own grandfather. Since I don't plan to do that I can't be anti-German.
To use a neutral example, the song, "I'm so happy/I'm so happy/I'm so happy and gay" has been redefined, not by the intention of its author, but by the adoption of the word "gay" by a social group not considered to have a claim on that word at the time. Therefore you do not hear people using that perfectly good term today unless they are speaking about homosexuals.
I am curious as to whether the tradition of the German medals of WWII survived their bath in Nazism or not. That decision is purely up to the German people and I have nothing to say about it, even if I had an opinion. And they did change their monitary system from the Riechsmark to the Deutchesmark (sorry if the spelling is wrong) just for that reason.
As for GWB, at least he stands on principle and does not govern by the results of a moistened finger in the wind. He will be judged the modern equivalent of the Duke of York in the Napoleonic wars, but it will be awhile and probably a couple hundred thousand Americans have to die on American soil before that happens. But I am quite confident that our Islamic buddies will mistake President Hillary's forbearance for weakness and take full advantage of the opportunity for mayhem. And I expect President Hillary will then turn into the lion that GWB is not. And she will have no consideration for mercy to the innocent, I'm afraid. There is no fury like an enraged and betrayed liberal. She could well be the modern Woodrow Wilson. Enough of that. We'll see what happens and it doesn't look good.
So, what medals do the Germans use today?