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2020-08-23 Europe

VDH: American soldiers leave Germany -- and suddenly Germany is upset

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-23 11:01|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Merkel seems to have missed one big thing - Trump doesn't bluff.

Posted by Raj 2020-08-23 12:09|| 2020-08-23 12:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Auf Wiedersehen, mother f'ers.

Posted by Clem 2020-08-23 12:28|| 2020-08-23 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Wenn sie alle gehen Steiner (If they all leave....)

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-23 12:55|| 2020-08-23 12:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Amis raus!

It's not just for German protesters anymore!

Posted by charger 2020-08-23 13:38|| 2020-08-23 13:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe its time to make your aircraft air worthy and your ships sea worthy and stock up on spare parts. Nah.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-23 14:31|| 2020-08-23 14:31|| Front Page Top

#6 "President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country."
12,000/(12,000 + 24,000) = %30

"Perhaps, but Merkel surely cannot be surprised. Six years ago, all NATO members pledged to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense. Yet only eight of 29 so far have kept their word.

Germany spends only about 1.4 percent of its GDP on defense. As NATO’s largest, wealthiest and most powerful European member, it sets the example for the rest of alliance."

%1.4 / %2 = %70 = %100 - %30.

Math is hard.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-08-23 15:43|| 2020-08-23 15:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually it's hard to find anyone who is "upset". It is what it is.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-08-23 18:31|| 2020-08-23 18:31|| Front Page Top

#8 And it probably won't happen anyway.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-08-23 18:33|| 2020-08-23 18:33|| Front Page Top

#9 US Training video for local replacements:

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-08-23 20:39|| 2020-08-23 20:39|| Front Page Top

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