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Army officer 'found to be a neo-Nazi'
Published: 3 Oct 12 14:23 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121003-45339.html
An officer in the German army on duty in Afghanistan has been found to be an alleged far-right extremist, it was revealed on Wednesday. He apparently attended neo-Nazi meetings whenever he was in Germany.
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Germans wishing to become soldiers must be in agreement with the country's basic constitution – something that does not align with radical far-right beliefs. The country’s Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) is responsible for monitoring army member's beliefs.
MAD failed to pick up on Michael L.'s involvement with the far-right. In 2008, he reportedly applied to become a member of the National Democratic Party (NPD), a neo-Nazi political group.
The party rejected him but he continued attending meetings run by the far-right group Freie Widerstand Kassel. The state intelligence service had been monitoring its activity for years by this point.
Michael L. is, Der Spiegel said on Wednesday, defended himself against the claims and has written a letter to his colleagues stating that he never applied to the NPD for membership.
His wife has refrained from comment, as has the Defence Ministry.
Since the nineties, experts have warned about political extremists joining the army to learn combat skills.
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How can you be found to be alleged. Either you are alleged or you are no??
Is this the best news available that make the front page of the local?At least there is no story about cows that jumped the fence and such....
I have just one thing to say to him "Thank you for your Service, I hope it has made you truely appreciate the Freedom we have in the West."
But...
It is, at this juncture, a LEGAL political party. Even if he is a member, which this article says he isnt, how is being a part of a legal political party a crime?
Secondly... Is he a good soldier? Because if he is a good soldier, should his politics matter? He works. He serves his country... Follows his orders....
Would people be concerned if he was part of the far left...? though if he was, he probably wouldnthave chosen to serve in the first place.
As previously pointed out, this mentality is precisely what the Nazis did. Guilt by association. In a democracy, people should be able to belong to a legal party. That is what democracy is all about.
my guess is the issue here is how well he would have carried out his orders if these orders were to open fire on the locals. He might have carried these orders out with a little more zest than necessary.
If it is within the legal authority of government to tell people what they must, or must not believe, or how they must, or must not live (provided they do no direct injury to others), there is still tyranny (only a different type).