I am of German, Austrian, Welsh and English descent I can trace my heritage from all of these countries early to mid 1800s.. My wife is from German and Bohemian (Czech) extraction as well.
It is today's politics that twists my shorts. The United States rebuilt Germany after WWII. And today the French and Germans have been disloyal to America. That was my only point.
BTW, I drive a BMW M3, Karen dives a BMW X3, and I own a Sig 9mm firearm. So, it is not as if we do not contribute to the German economy. But, somehow that will change soon in the Davis household unless Schroeder has a change of attitude.
Until that happens, if I were Rummy, I would pull all of our 30k American troops from Germany, and deploy them elsewhere; probably Poland.
Then again, I am not a political scientist, but to our family, and business; trust and loyalty are large factors in which we make decisions. IMOHO
We are going to be moving virtually all of those troops to Poland and Hungary I think.....Both of those countries look forward to our American dollars :)