The (present day) German Armed Forces have nothing to do with the Nazis?

The German Armed Forces have a right wing problem. That's why a 100 billion Euro budget for these guys might not be the best idea without adressing the Nazi problem first.

I used to be a huge proponent of getting rid of conscription in Germany. Turned out that conscripts, being by definition from all walks of life and political backgrounds, offset the right wing problem a lot. But yes, we need to get a grip on that. I wouldn't worry abut the additional money, so. After all we spend 20+ million on the restauration of a sailing ship. A new one goes for around 4 to 5. Maybe we burn that money on a carrier? Forgetting the aircraft?

Maybe McKinsey gets most of the money

I'd guess they'll get a huge chunk of it, for sure. They have to sell it well, so. The consultant scandal happened pretty recently.

Oh, we had more than one scandal with neo-Nazis in the Armed Forces. One officer, who was flagged due to his master thesis by the French as a Nazi, posed as a refugee from Syria and tried to kill some politicians and blame it on refugees. One unit of the KSK was dissolved after some very Nazi-themed parties. One of their NCOs was found to have an underground depot of weapons and ammo in his garden.

And I could go on and on.

EDIT: In the official history of the Bundeswehr, neither the 3. Reich and the Wehrmacht nor the GDR does exist. Which is such a wasted opportunity to teach soldiers about the risk of serving oppressive regimes, facilitating genocide and not standing up for democracy. Anecdotally, I once passed their Officer Candidate Assessment center. In the welcome speech, an Air Force Major directly said something along the lines of "people with Antifa stickers on their bags can just drop out right away. You are not welcome". I kept my mouth shut, I did drop out after successfully passing due to other reasons, but it struck me as strange that, of all the armed forces, anti-fascists should be welcome in the German ones.

> In the official history of the Bundeswehr, neither the 3. Reich and the Wehrmacht nor the GDR does exist.

Uhm, no?

> Which is such a wasted opportunity to teach soldiers about the risk of serving oppressive regimes, facilitating genocide and not standing up for democracy.

Also wrong. In the Bundeswehr soliders are allowed to disobey direct orders if it directly is in conflict with once conscience. See https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/bundesverwaltungsgericht... (German)

Yes, and the portion of history I mentioned isn't shown in the official Bundeswehr museum nor is it considered part of their tradition. Maybe I worded it wrong, than.