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Tossing out US troops would be the strongest statement. When the US tried to reduce troop numbers in Germany, they had a fit. All about the economic impact lo
by MetaCosm 13y ago
Tossing out US troops would be the strongest statement. When the US tried to reduce troop numbers in Germany, they had a fit. All about the economic impact losing all the US military spending in that region would cause.
Turns out stationing 50,000+ troops in Germany is good for the local economy... if they tossed them out, it would be a massive demonstration of seriousness.
- glasz 13y agoindeed. but merkel prefers bowing down, licking boots. like anybody else would do. looks like the thugs eisenhower tried to warn us about are wearing chocolate shoes.
- rhizome 13y agoIt's not local economies, it's subjecting their own tax base to their own military industrial complex as they have to ramp up.