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> Most of Europe would not be okay with that Do you have any opinion polls to back that up?

• calibraxis 11y ago
  FWIW, a quick google shows that 51% of likely US voters in 2012 wanted all US troops out of western Europe. (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2012/51_think_u_s_should_withdraw_all_troops_from_europe http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/gene...) So the US appears strongly against occupying western Europe with garrisons... if we identify "the US" by its people rather than government.
• omegaham 11y ago
  No, but I do know that there was a bunch of outcry when the US started closing bases in Europe to save money. All of that came from governments, though. I'm not sure what the actual people think.
  • jbapple 11y ago
    > All of that came from governments, though. I'm not sure what the actual people think. I think it is important not to say "Most of Europe would not be ok with that" when what one means is "European governments would publicly object to that". The US government, for instance, does many things that the public at large disapproves of, and public governmental statements are not necessarily representative of what the government is actually advocating behind closed doors. In otherwords, without public opinion polls, we are at least two levels removed from knowing whether "Most of Europe would not be ok with that."