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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Sure they are grateful. However, there's no need for us to maintain such a sizeable force there now. Who are we protecting them from, France?
The local economy is a big factor, as is their historical post-WWII reluctance to over-militarize (which frankly they use as a crutch sometimes to have us do their defense for them). Sure we need to maintain a presence there as the German bases make for a good jumpoff/refueling point to project power quickly overseas in that part of the world. There's no reason to keep so many troops and their families there when there's no reason to protect Germany proper anymore, however.
I should know, I have firsthand experience being in one of those families over there.
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As I posted last night, I don't disagree with the idea that we should be redeploying troops. That said, we need to consider how they help our standing politically, and not just militarily.
My only truck was with bilmore's cartoon, about which enough said.
