Not there to defend Europe? I spent time in Europe in the military and it was exactly the reason we were there. Now it's our interest to be in Europe because of interest outside of Europe?
What are we defending? Considering our navy and long reach weapons, specifically what interest is that? BTW, in war, an airport can easily and quickly be seized and utilized.
Please don´t try to tell me that lets say 30.000 US soldiers (+ a US military hospital “where all wounded from iraq and afghanistan are brought too) in germany defend “europe”.
What babble...Ya think we don't have military hospital ships? Ya think Europe is the only ground base in that part of the world.
Who is it that is going to attack us in the region where we need a base in Germany, simply to take the injured? Who is the big military power in the Mid East who is going to threaten our interest? Is it the Palestinian gangs running through the dusty back alleys? Is it the Turks? Egypt? The street gangs in Libya? Is it Pakistan, where we can perform raids their country while their sleeping?
What's this big military threat outside Europe? Who is going to attack the United States over there?
Ok what is the big military treath in europe?
Please explain!
What do the 30 K US troops in germany defend?
(btw. US troops in germany are not allowed to take their weapon of base nor are they allowed to fullfill any operation outside of the military base.)
So again what do they protect?
Germany has no enemys near by and even IF so (which is not the case 30 K US troops would make NO difference)
Btw. germany alone has about 300.000 - 500.000 troops of its own (+ NO ENEMY IN RANGE).
Bevore you mention the “evil” russians i should let you know that England, france and germany ALONE (this means every country on its own does spend more then russia) do spend more money on their millitary every year.
So please don´t tell me that those soldiers protect germans against the russians (which are about a 1000 miles away).
But OK i admit if it would not be for those 30 K americans russian/Iranian or what ever thanks would roll into europe.
Yep...
Those 2 million troops the EU countries have under command
would be totally worthless when those 30 K americans are gone.
Yeah i agree eurofighters would fall out of the sky.
The europeans troops in afghanistan (more than the US has deployed in europe) would commit suicide.
Leopoard 2 tanks (btw. the US abraham uses an old gun from germany) will lose against and iranian (who will run out of fuel about 1500 miles before he can even reach europe) t 60.
Our apaches would get shot down from a AK 47 (because you know european are flying it).
But thank god “we” have those 30 K americans deployed in germany.
They will rescue us.
What 2 million soldiers thousands of modern combat aircraft and tanks, nukes, submarines, or what ever... will not achieve, those 30 k Americans (some of them serious wounded because of iraq and afghanistan) will do.
Yep as said THANK YOU for protecting my a$$ in this evil world.
(even the “evil” is thousands of miles away).