Yes, I'd love to see Germany's reaction if we announce we're pulling out our 100,000 military and putting them in Turkey.
I'm not sure why we don't do this. And then when the war is over bring whoever isn't staying in Iraq HOME rather than back to Germany. In this modern era of 'war hopping' it seems that it would make more sense to have our troops here. We have no idea where they'll be needed next, so 'rapid deployment' will be required no matter where they have to go. Might be Korea, might be South America, might be, uh, Canada? <g> Granted, Germany is likely closer to more 'hotspots', but I'm not sure it matters all that much.
The main thing is, the cold war is over, and we're not worried about a Soviet invasion into Europe. In fact, looks like Germany is leaning more toward the Warsaw Pact than NATO...
Of course, with this line of thinking, we'd eventually have to go save France again, but that's bound to happen every half century no matter what we do. <g>
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