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Too little, too late, we're still closing most of our German bases.
Looks like some people just realized that something like 15-25% of the German economy depends on the US bases, either directly or indirectly.
But wait, what's the timeline for pulling out of Germany? It's only been about 60 years.
German Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger presented Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s commanding general, with the Federal Republic of Germany’s Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit at a ceremony. The award was presented to Byrnes on behalf of Germany’s Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
But Schroeder himself said that NATO was a thing of the past, and must give way to new structures of relationship. Germans may have once been believers in the transatlantic relationship, but certainly have not been under the Schroeder/Fischer gov't.
So, this means how many German divisions are headed to Iraq to fight along side of their "ally?"
Bite me Germany! (beißen Sie mich Deutschland)
How long before various EU countries decide they'd prefer to be part of an enlarged One Happy Hemisphere? We're doomed.
Hi, please do me a favor and read the article. And then read the comments. Can you explain me how they came to the troops-pullout or the importance of US troops in Germany? Can you imagine that we award people just to stop a already proclaimed withdrawal of forces?
How self-conscious or better naive is that?? Tell me whether you smiled or not about the comments. Thanks in advance and sorry for stealing your time. :)
This is a hoot! I had four assignments in Germany over several decades. In 1990, when the Cold War was over, the Germans couldn't wait to get rid of us. Most of the older people still liked Americans, but the younger ones were arrogant. I remember seeing "Amis Go Home!" spraypainted on an overpass in the town where I was stationed. Well, we did go home, and we took our money with us. Sounds like Hans and Fritz would love to have the nasty old Amis back, along with their nasty old Ami money.
I for one am looking forward to the last American soldier leaving Germany, and the standing up of the following commands: U.S. Army Poland, U.S. Army Bulgaria, and U.S. Army Romania. Those countries deserve our money. The Germans don't.
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