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Originally Posted by Tagwyn
The USA had thousands of troops deployed in Korea and in W. Europe. I, in my limited view of things, do not see any need for those to be where they are. Is it possible for someone to explain to be logically why we do not redeply these troops to Iraq to finally crush the Jihadists and thier allies ... and Iran if needed? Thanks in advance. Tagwyn  |
The troops in Europe are being rotated through Iraq just as the troops stateside are. The troops in Korea (which have been reduced in the past few years) serve as a tripwire deterrent against North Korea. Remove them, you place some doubt into the strength of the US commitment to South Korea and the Pacific Rim, and next thing you know, Kim Jung Il might roll the dice with an invasion and/or decide to ramp back up his nuke production, and you've just created a situation to where we need to send troops to the Korean peninsula. With your scenario, your attempt to gain an extra brigade might actually siphon off brigades from the effort in Iraq.