Here’s how:
Let Europe defend itself. Close every single base in Europe.
Let Japan and Korea defend themselves. Close those bases.
End the pointless Afghan war. Now.
Close every single base in the ME. Bring those troops home. Now.
That’d cut the defense budget by 1/3 at least.
I concur. Glad to hear others around here saying it too. Let’s stop borrowing from China and others to subsidize Europe, Japan and Korea.
There is a need for military installations outside of the U.S. At the very least it comes down to logistics.
That would create a huge power vacuum, which China and Russia would rush in to fill.
Not to mention a few regional wars and a probable world wide conflict.
When an Empire (and we are one) pulls out, the rump states start playing whack your neighbor.
No, all that would do would bring home service members to facilities that don’t exist. Where is the analyis?