[ontap]

I think the days of us defending a Europe unwilling to defend it self should be ended. Just reading some of the responses at the end of this article tells me these bunch of mooching lemmings should be left to their own self imposed fate. Fifty years of sacrificing our wealth and lives of our sons have bought nothing but scorn and jealously. F%^k’em!!!!

[alarm rider]

Agreed. Well said.

[oneolcop]

Actually, the main reason we still have military in Europe is so that we have bases closer to the real trouble spots. Forward bases make it faster and less expensive to project power to those regions of the world where it is needed.

I for one, would like them to be brought home and "forward based" on the Mexican border.

[DJ Elliott]

The problem is we would be throwing the baby out with teh dirty water.
NATO is not just France and Germany. Several countries in NATO that are pulling their weight would also be abandoned... (EG Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Poland,...)

[happygrl]

Just reading some of the responses at the end of this article tells me these bunch of mooching lemmings should be left to their own self imposed fate.

I noticed that too, and was outraged.

If you haven't ever read the blog, "Gates of Vienna", I would refer you to that to see that a civil war is brewing in Europe and is likely less than five years off.

What will be the US response to that, especially when it includes the deportment of Muslims, and street fighting between Muslims and the native Europeans who will be protrayed as neo-Nazis in our MSM ?

[ffusco]

You dont turn your back on your grandparents- even when they grow old and senile.