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OK, I think I catch your drift...
Larry J — (archived)

"Big bad America, bully of the world, we probably had it coming."

Some 130,000 American military personnel are stationed in Europe. That's a little over 10% of all active duty personnel. Figure that the defense budget is $360 billion, that could well be $36 billion. Actually, it costs a lot more more to station troops overseas for a variety of reasons, so the cost is probably in the range of $50-60 billion.

The European Union was forned with the idea that, combined, Europe was a bigger market and had equal economic strength to the US. If that's the case, why are we spending so much money to station our troops there. Let them pay their own way like adults for a change.

For the record, there are quite a few Democrats who love defense spending so long as it's in their district. The military and contractors know this so they spread projects all over the country to make them harder to kill politically. For example, parts of the B-1B were built in over 400 congressional districts around the country. It's a cynical game that drives up costs but that how it's played.

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