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Tom Brosz — 8/15/2004 3:15:40 AM (archived)

This doesn't seem to be a move designed to "punish" Germany or any other country. Just a long-overdue rearrangement of forces after the Cold War was won. Note that South Korea is a coalition member in good standing.

I have only known a few military people who were stationed in Europe, including Germany, but none of them ever said that they were treated in any other way except with friendliness and respect. Sure the Americans stationed over there brought some prosperity, but I'd bet that wasn't the whole motivation during the Cold War.

Incidentally, moving a whole bunch of troops back to U.S. bases isn't going to suck financially for some base towns, either. ;)

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Bush to announce troop redeployment on Monday - Tom Brosz - 8/14/2004 10:55:35 PM
- Okay, chill out a bit... - Tom Brosz - 8/15/2004 3:15:40 AM
  - Probably time to go... - FrankC - 8/15/2004 4:34:22 PM
- Pull All Of Them Out Of Germany - Mark Eby - 8/14/2004 11:02:59 PM
  - Screw the Axis of Evil - phil - 8/15/2004 1:17:53 AM
    - re: Fighting terrorism - Raoul - 8/15/2004 8:32:05 AM
      - re: Fighting terrorism - gbaikie - 8/16/2004 1:03:52 AM
      - re: Fighting terrorism - p - 8/15/2004 1:46:46 PM
      - Strange These Articles Seem To Promote Tactics The Left In The US Abhors - Mark Eby - 8/15/2004 1:46:22 PM
  - re: Be careful - Raoul - 8/15/2004 1:02:01 AM
    - What Insults? - Mark Eby - 8/15/2004 2:21:07 AM
      - re: You said: Not welcome (n/t) - Raoul - 8/15/2004 8:06:24 AM
        
        I Believe The People Projecting That Image Are The Ones Being Insulting (n/t) - Mark Eby - 8/15/2004 1:26:42 PM
      - Correction: How is not wanted an insult unless they are needed and not wanted implies stupidity? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 8/15/2004 2:25:05 AM
    - What the mayors are really saying... - Larry J - 8/15/2004 1:49:30 AM
      - re: Yes, it's certainly a good argument (n/t) - Raoul - 8/15/2004 8:09:09 AM
        
        Which one? - Larry J - 8/15/2004 2:59:53 PM
        
        re: Both (n/t) - Raoul - 8/15/2004 7:01:47 PM
        
        To be blunt - Larry J - 8/15/2004 11:05:47 PM
      - The entire Nato bureaucracy should be dismantled. - Lee - 8/15/2004 2:46:20 AM
      - Farb. - RobVG - 8/15/2004 2:14:19 AM
      - Bringing the boys back home - Buck Galaxy - 8/15/2004 2:07:00 AM

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