RE: "Would it be better for the US to pull out all its NATO contingent now, and help screw the EU economy...?"
Did you see this?...:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4902279,00.html
"While some Puerto Ricans cheered the naval base's April 1, 2004, closing as the end of a colonial relic," those who weren't brain-dead knew they were going to be royally screwed. ;')