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[abaris]

If I were to enlist in the Bundeswehr, would I be an American soldier?  Or a German soldier?

I would be an American by birth, but as a soldier, I would be German, insofar as that country was the object of my loyalty and discipline.  When I say that they weren't American soldiers, it's pointing up that they weren't under American orders, and obviously were not fighting for the United States.

But as I said above. For me it seems on the same lines as denying Hitler or Kaltenbrunner because they're rather an embarrassment for Austrians. And all too many do just that by the way. They were German citizens when they pulled their atrocities, but they were still Austrians, brought up right here.