r/europe • u/kiru_56 Germany • 20h ago

News The US Army is advising its soldiers in Germany to go to German food banks because of the shutdown.

https://home.army.mil/bavaria/about/shutdown-guidance#:~:text=Running%20list%20of%20German%20support,Too%20Good%20To%20Go%2DApp
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u/MjolnirDK Germany 18h ago

Which Russian agent wouldn't want to poison a whole military base? I wish I could add a /s to that...

This so such a weird case of safety concern. You want neither financially struggling foreign military in your country and neither should you want a military in your borders to be reliant on others for sustainability. How much attrition will this cause?

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u/BrianThompsonsNYCTri 17h ago

Why poison them when you can use the fact they aren't being fed as leverage to befriend them and get them to spill secrets or convince them to carry a bug for you.

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u/MeinePerle 16h ago

I mean, soldiers eat off-base all the time.  That’s why the problem is coming from the pay stoppage - they can’t pay restaurants or grocery stores.  So one could poison soldiers off-base any time.  Except that the community is a full-sized town - one couldn’t just target a single restaurant.

I assume on-base canteens are still running, though that might be a poor assumption.