DOD ANNOUNCES U.S. ARMY EUROPE FACILITIES RETURNED TO GERMANY

Dept of Defense ^ | 4/30/03 | DoD

[Mr. Lucky]

This is hugh!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Good move. Next!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I remember when this happened in Japan in the late 1960's-early 1970's.

[Salvation]

**Good move. Next!**

France? LOL!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I remember when it happened all over the US during the Clintoon Dark Ages. I'd much rather see bases closed overseas than at home.

[wasp69]

The concentration of assets at one site will enhance both traning and deployment readiness by putting six battalion-sized units adjacent to their major training area.

No, it will put all assets in one spot therefore making it easier to wipe them all out at once. What jackass thought this one up?

[Mr. Jeeves]

It will be easier to move the one site to Poland in 2010.

[sinkspur]

No, it will put all assets in one spot therefore making it easier to wipe them all out at once.

Who's gonna do it?

[gridlock]

Who's gonna do it?

Nobody's gonna do it as long as it is not possible. As soon as it is possible, somebody will certainly do it.

That said, I think it is a good move, provided it is part of an overall strategy to pull out of Germany and let the EU provide for it's own defense. We could relocate all this capacity to Iraq. We're going to need support over there, anyway.

[ClancyJ]

Maybe you should first ask how that one facility will be protected. What makes you think they could not wipe out smaller facilities at the same time?

Oh by the way - haven't noticed any jackasses in this administration.

[caltrop]

We've about 70,000 GIs (and dependents) in Germany. They have no mission and are maintained at enormous cost. We should bring almost all of our ground forces home from Germany, the sooner the better.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You've got that right.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Agree. The Gipper whipped the Rooskies two decades ago and chunks of the Berlin Wall have been for sale in curiosity shops for nearly as long. Bases in Japan make more sense right now...

[wasp69]

Who's gonna do it?

Terrorist with a missing Russian suitcase nuke?

[aShepard]

Me thinks that there are going to be quite a lot less greenbacks floating around the German economy.

And, that's a good thing!

[monday]

"Oh by the way - haven't noticed any jackasses in this administration."

Try opening your eyes.

[wasp69]

Maybe you should first ask how that one facility will be protected. What makes you think they could not wipe out smaller facilities at the same time?

Do you study history? How many times have military assets been put into one place for either consilidation or protection and have been wiped out?

Oh by the way - haven't noticed any jackasses in this administration.

I haven't seen too many, either, but this is a tactically brain dead move. The same as it was when several stateside naval bases were closed and our fleet assets were concentrated in less areas.

[TC Rider]

Payback's a b!tch

[zingzang]

Next should be Turkey.