[Catspaw]

Of course the article is spinning and spinning hard. But it doesn't make any sense to continue to keep as many bases in Germany as we did at the end of the Cold War--and to spread out our bases in Europe.

Then again, I like the idea of Schroeder's spincter tightening just a bit.

[sl-17b]

Agree on the tightening and on the relocation.

I don't think we should bring them completely home.
We should probably look to relocating some of those bases closer to hotspots where we can help project our strength.

If we go too far East, we would have to worry about air rights for operations. Too spread out and we then can't project an appreciable amount of force. They also should be in countries that are not completely Islamic. We would be too easy a target then.