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To: Neeka who wrote (41874)	5/3/2004 1:18:37 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

IYO, are cost cutting reforms the only issue behind these decisions? I don't know how to assess the shortening of the troop deployments but I am embarrassed by the stop of the US bases guarding. Not agreeing with the Iraq war is one thing but this is an unnecessary "unfriendly" move which won't save much. Let's assume costs of $100,000/soldier/year - that would mean a total of about $300 million/year, a fraction of the German military budget. If there is "regime change" in Germany before the scheduled elections in 2006 I guess the conservatives will offer protection of US facilities again.