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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (39005)	8/16/2005 2:18:37 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I don't think there's enough room or potable water for all 30,000 of them, so I guess 1,500 is enough. BTW, is that really all we have left in Germany?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (39005)	8/17/2005 12:15:08 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 90947

Yes, I'd agree re 30k in Germany vs 1500 in Djibouti. The latter seems a more sensible expenditure (though I'm sure the soldiers would rather be in Germany). Re "our persistence over decades in maintaining a level of 'readiness' inappropriate after the demise of the soviet union", have you looked at the annual drop in real defense spending every year (except for one at 0% real change) of the 1990s? That was the so-called "peace dividend" from the fall of the Soviet Union. The numbers have risen since for obvious reasons, but there is also a restructuring going on, including relocating foreign bases from their Cold War locations such as in Germany to ones more appropriate for the world today. PS: I did like the "Djibouti call" line.