The announced plan to withdraw 9,500 US troops from Germany has led to a quick reaction, with officials calling it a “wake up call.” They say it is a chance to loosen NATO ties with the US in general.
Among German politicians, there is a lot of question about what the lesson of this drawdown should be. Right wing officials are seeing this as an unquestionable negative, cutting historic ties to the US, and believing it benefits Russia and China.
They see it as regrettable, but Die Linke, a German leftist party, sees this as something to accept with gratitude, saying the Germans should prepare for a complete US pullout. They added that this will save taxpayers billions.
Outside of Germany, Poland is also looking closely at this. Their hope is that the US will relocate the troops to Poland, with Trump more comfortable with right-wing Poland than center-left Germany.
Well its only taken 75 yrs to reduce the size!
“Outside of Germany, Poland is also looking closely at this. Their hope is that the US will relocate the troops to Poland, with Trump more comfortable with right-wing Poland than center-left Germany.”
If you made a list of likely destinations of where these troops might wind up, bases back in America would probably be last on that list. Even Poland senses this.
Germany should invite the President to remove the rest too. It’s long overdue.
The Poland`s government is Far right – wing / nationalist.
The German government ( CDU, CSU, SPD ) is right – wing / center.
The only people who will be hurt, will be those in the alcohol, illegal drugs, prostitution, golfing, catering, and event planning industries. The rest of the country will welcome the lighter load on their necks.
The policy all along, since Zbig, Cardinal Kroll and the CIA selected Karol Wojtyla for JP II and made Solidarity untouchable, has been to strip USSR/Russia of its buffer states, incorporate them into the US imperial structure, and force Russia to surrender its autonomy, effectively rendering it a vassal state like the rest of the NATO members. In some instances, hot wars were required, the latest being Ukraine, preceded by Georgia, Yugoslavia, and, of course, the Stans. So much has been invested in this policy and its significance in the architecture of “global hegemony” that it is inconceivable they will abandon it. As Jason suggests, there’s a dozen ways to skin this cat.