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Originally Posted by Tagwyn
People: I do not agree with your assesment of the need to have forces in either Korea or EU. If there is no need for them to be there ... take them home. They are not any more needed than **** on a boar! There is no threat from E. Europe or Russia. To heck with contracts with W. Gernany. Those folks believe they had better troops than ours and only lost because of the Red Army. My brother spent 3 years in Germany and heard this drivel all the time. Ramstein AFB should remain.
Kim will not attack because of the US fleet. He has been warned not to test our resolve. If the cowardly, ignorant Kool-aide drinkers win the next election, all bets are off. ROK forces are actually more than suffiecent to repel the red army of N.K. with the help of our fleet. Additionally, China would not approve such a move and would probably activly resist such nonsense. Tag
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Who gets to northern Africa quicker? An airborne brigade out of Italy or Bragg? How do you throughput brigades preparing for Iraq or Afghanistan using only two combat training centers instead of three?
Bottomline, there are plenty of great reasons to keep folks in Europe and Korea. Besides, you pull everyone back stateside, your retention expenses will increase because Europe is a great tour that many folks try their best to hold on to for as long as possible, and while Korea doesn't sound like my cup of tea, there are plenty of folks who feel the exact same way about it.