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The US is expected to announce on Monday that it is pulling 70,000 troops out of Europe and Asia in the largest restructuring of its global military presence since the second world war.
People briefed on the plan say two-thirds of the reductions will come in Europe, most of them military personnel stationed in Germany who will be sent back to US bases.
An additional 100,000 support staff and military families worldwide will be part of the realignment.
Now, if the rest of the wayward personnel could be consolidated as well. Assuming of course that this is not a smoke screen of course. Such as gearing up for another extrajudicial invasion.
Source: FT: US plans to cut forces overseas by 70,000
See also: Where are the Legions? Global Deployments of US Forces
What will happen to the economy of Germany (and Europe) if $700,000,000 per year is removed?
While I have been unable to verify that figure it sounds about right. The question is how that figure is actually spent.
All change is painful, especially when it is tied into the economy. But it is the right thing to do. For everybody concerned. The US could use the money domestically (yes really) and what is the point in keeping such a massive force in the middle of perhaps the safest place on earth at the moment. The cold war is long gone. One has to be flexible and move along.
Germany needs to be left alone (to replace the revenues from the US presence, which it would have had to do eventually anyway) and Europe as a whole needs to decide whether to build a collective defense force or not.
Plus it’s not like Germany is a 3rd would country. They do have other sources of income than playing host to the US army. LOL. If they survived the fall of the Wall I’m sure this will be easy work.
If it will impact Sweden for example is just conjecture at this point. Countries are waxing and waning, when one falls others rise.