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Actually I’m not necessarily arguing one direction or the other. To be honest, at this point I don’t think the US or Europe truly benefits from a US military p
by kcplate 5y ago
Actually I’m not necessarily arguing one direction or the other. To be honest, at this point I don’t think the US or Europe truly benefits from a US military presence over there (at least since the mid-late 90s). As an American, I’d be happy if we didn’t have much beyond an embassy level presence pretty much anywhere. I even say this as a military kid who enjoyed the best times of my life living in Europe on US bases.
It just seemed odd to me that it came off as one sided in the comment. As if the favor was entirely from Belgium to the US.
- pbak 5y agoThank you for your measured response. > As if the favor was entirely from Belgium to the US. I get what you say. Anyways, we'd all do better to demilitarize a little. The current geopolitical trends are really worrying.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoBelgium is constrained by US in many ways and is often used and abused by US and its close allies [1]. That it managed to have a decent policy around vaccine production is a great achievement. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/21/british-spies-hacked-into-belgacom-on-ministers-orders-claims-report https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/21/british-spie...