The military may or may not be "overstretched," but that's beside the point of how much tax money we're spending on a military empire stretching across the globe.
For example, to what purpose in pursuit of our national security do we maintain nearly 170 million square feet of building space (about 46 Pentagons worth) and 165,005 acres (257.8 square miles) in Germany? World War II ended there 62 years ago, and the Cold War ended 16 years ago.
Oh it’s a military “empire” now? I was wondering how long it would take for you to start using liberal “code words”.
“For example, to what purpose in pursuit of our national security do we maintain nearly 170 million square feet of building space (about 46 Pentagons worth) and 165,005 acres (257.8 square miles) in Germany? World War II ended there 62 years ago, and the Cold War ended 16 years ago.”
Most of those assets have either been closed or will be closed.
We maintain bases in Germany because strategically they’re close to trouble spots.
And most of that area consists of training areas such as Baumholder, Graf and CMTC that we share with the German military as well as our other NATO allies in the name of joint training.