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That is a lovely fantasy but I'd be surprised if they even cut back on US military bases.

• aluhut 13y ago
  They won't. The cuts on the German Army bases is already considered a mistake. Forcing (no idea how) the US to close down bases would only hurt the local and regional politicians. I don't belive it at all.
  • marktangotango 13y ago
    Why was it a mistake? Just curious. When I was stationed over there in 98-00, we pumped A LOT of money into the local economies, I personally bought a lot of beer! I love Germany, such a beautiful country, awesome people.
    • aluhut 13y ago
      I'm sorry, I guess there was a misunderstanding based on my bad choice of words. I ment the Bundeswehr bases. Because of that decission many german soldiers are forced to move or travel a lot. Currently the new Defence Minister tries a more US approach on military bases by intergrating some kind of infrastructure within the bases. And yes, the US (as well as german) bases pump really much money into local economies. And local economies are suffering from closed down bases a lot.