urope Doesn't Need U.S. Protection, Most Germans Say

Newsweek via MSN ^ | 7/23/2018 | David Brennan

[FLT-bird]

No! Not auf wiedersehen. The correct phrase would be “Schuss!”

Auf Wiedersehen means we would come back. We should leave with no intent to ever return.

[granada]

Even during the Bill Clinton era, the anti-America sentiment still kept growing in Germany until Clinton government signed the agreement for Kyoto protocol (climate change).

[JGPhila]

Recently, I read that Germany had four functioning fighter jets out of a total of 128. It had six submarines, none of which were ready for deployment. Some army units were using blackened sticks of wood instead of rifles for training. No doubt, this staggering arsenal will stop the Russians dead in their tracks. No reason for US troops to get in the way.

[jpsb]

There is no Germany military. They can even field one modern submarine. They have no army and barely have an air force.

Over the past several months, the entirety of Germany's submarine fleet has gone out of action , the Bundeswehr, its armed forces, has outsourced helicopter training to a private company because its own helicopters are in need of repair , and more than half of the Bundeswehr's Leopard 2 tanks, its most common model, were out of order, with just 95 of 244 in service.

[jpsb]

We also need to keep troops in Europe just in case the Germans get uppity again.