Re: Let them...
Wake up and read the calendar, Larry - conventional troops stationed in Europe are no deterrent whatsoever to the enemy we're enganged against now. The threat they were deployed to oppose no longer exists, and you are absolutely right that those troops should be brought home.
Why is it so difficult to comprehend that they don't need to be replaced with anyone?
The Pentagon may have its reasons for burdening the US taxpayers with expensive overseas deployments without a mission to perform... My guess is, those reasons are aligned more with supply contractors and the Stateside unemployment rate (it's not just an adventure, it's a job) than they are with phantom tanks streaming through the Fulda Gap.