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To: cripplecreek

Pull the military from Europe and put it on the border to support the border patrol. We are already paying for them.


9 posted on 07/02/2013 5:09:10 AM PDT by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan

I’d pull them out of the mideast but yes, the military would make a fine backup on the border.


11 posted on 07/02/2013 5:11:02 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: rstrahan

I wondered how man troops were still in Europe and cut this from a recent article.

“Currently, about 80,000 U.S. troops are based in Europe. The changes outlined by the Pentagon will reduce that number by more than 11,000.”

Apparently, we use Europe as a training base. I suspect they’re not there to fight. I’m not certain why they can’t be trained here unless it’s interoperability training with our allies. Any knowledgeable freeper comments?


24 posted on 07/02/2013 5:42:56 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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