Posted on 12/03/2019 4:28:23 PM PST by Olog-hai
A majority of Germans are in favor of reducing Germany’s reliance on the United States militarily, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the German news agency DPA.
According to the poll, 55% of Germans believe that European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should protect themselves from an attack without US help. In addition, a majority of poll participants believe the US should partially (23%) or completely (26%) withdraw its 30,000 troops stationed in Germany.
Conversely, 54% said NATO should work more closely with Russia rather than relying on deterrence. Meanwhile, 37% are for lifting sanctions against Russia relating to its conflict with Ukraine on the Crimean Peninsula, while 34% are against lifting such sanctions. […]
Merkel said last week that Germany is not in a position to defend itself alone. She also vowed to increase Germany’s defense spending to the NATO target of 2% of its gross domestic product “by the 2030s.” …
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LOL!
My nephew, who lives near me here, was in the UASF and was in the police force, or whatever they call it. He got to do patrol duty around the airbases. Where did they put him? At Kinross. He was also pissed and they were a little confused at it all. They said, “We thought you’d like to be stationed near your home” He told them if he wanted to be near home he would not have joined.
AND..he is still pissed about that.
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