Well, it looks as if from the latest reports that the Iranian ships have turned around. As for where we should put our assets, I have long advocated that we need to pull out our Army forces from Europe. Just keep the air and naval bases. Western Europe should be able to protect herself. When do we push the baby away from the tit? She’s 70 years old now... (end of WWII)
Again, we are in agreement. (Probably in 99% of things!)
I think its more like 25 years. We needed troops there to offset the Soviet threat. But since then we have missed an opportunity to withdraw.
The problem now is that it would be impractical for Germany especially to rearm and grow enough to support the continent. And really, who thinks a strongly armed Germany is a good idea?