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> I'd wager you need at least some army experience in order to be familiar with army ranks. I would wager against that. I am pretty sure almost all of the army
by belorn 4y ago
> I'd wager you need at least some army experience in order to be familiar with army ranks.
I would wager against that. I am pretty sure almost all of the army ranks can be found fairly easy online, and the information that is classified is something a minister of defense has access to read up on.
As with almost everything else this is about priority. How much votes/internal party power will they get by spending time on etikett vs doing other aspects of the job. Politicians rarely get rewarded simply for doing a good job where their department are effective in budget spending and produce long term results in 10-20 years.
- capableweb 4y ago> I would wager against that. I am pretty sure almost all of the army ranks can be found fairly easy online, and the information that is classified is something a minister of defense has access to read up on. Sure, but how many civilians actually have enough interest (in Germany no less, not the US) to look that up and memorize it? How many of those that do have enough interest to look it up and memorize it, are high school kids? I agree that it is stupid she didn't know it, as soon as she got the position, she should have looked it up if she didn't already know it. Obviously, in order to even be considered to the position in the first place, she should have known it.
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