These comments always confuse me, because the US troops in Germany, Japan and Korea are there entirely at the pleasure of the local government. If Germany orde

These comments always confuse me, because the US troops in Germany, Japan and Korea are there entirely at the pleasure of the local government. If Germany ordered US troops out, they would leave. Even Iraq, barely a functioning country, did this, and the US left. But Germany, Japan and South Korea have not asked. And you might say, "well, the US is functionally bribing them with the economic boost of stationing troops there". And... OK? That's the tradeoff. Germany is a wealthy country, and the populace can vote and make choices themselves.