Comments on: US troops shuffle http://battleangel.org/2004/08/14/us-troops-shuffle/ Tell us what you despise; by this are you truly known. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Björn Hallberg http://battleangel.org/2004/08/14/us-troops-shuffle/#comment-101 Björn Hallberg Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:09:21 +0000 #comment-101 While I have been unable to verify that figure it sounds about right. The question is how that figure is actually spent.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> If it will impact Sweden for example is just conjecture at this point. Countries are waxing and waning, when one falls others rise. 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.

]]> By: Ephraim F. Moya http://battleangel.org/2004/08/14/us-troops-shuffle/#comment-100 Ephraim F. Moya Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:43:36 +0000 #comment-100 What will happen to the economy of Germany (and Europe) if $700,000,000 per year is removed? What will happen to the economy of Germany (and Europe) if $700,000,000 per year is removed?

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