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I watched during the lead up to the war -- and it was right around the time Schroder was being re-elected and the news-people were showing these shops all over Germany with the signs in the windows. It stayed with me because I think it was the first it sunk in that the people we'd helped save really hated us. I surely can´t speek for all of Germany, but I live here, and I have never in my life seen a single example nor heard of one. So "all over Germany" certainly doesn´t hold up to reality. We all know what the media can do... Most Germans (I know) still appreciate Americans, they just didn´t appreciate the current US administration, and thanks god, they don´t appreciate OUR current administration any more.

For what it´s worth, my take on the whole situation:

It´s absolutely right from a US point of view to do this. The US doesn´t really need their troops to be in Germany any more, and it is not the job of the US or any other country´s army to provide employment for people in German towns.

And you guys are absolutely right by saying that Germany should be required to pay for their defense, instead of relying on the US. The Socialists here are not liking this, which is why I am liking it very much, it is a shame by how much our defense budget has been cut over the past years.

I do find the on display Schadenfreude by most here a little childish though.