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May 2, 2026 12:33 AM
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TheWombatStrikesAgain
Oh no! Fewer American soldiers in Europe, who in the case of a Russian attack will probably side with the Russians. What a loss! /s
32FGWolfhound
Yeah soldiers, you have to go back to your ‘free’ country where Donny the draft dodging narcissistic demented dictator is preparing another useless war for you, and calling most of the military ‘losers’.
Prepare for a homecoming peptalk from Lunatic Kid Rock and GI Joke Hegseth.
lightfoot2
Good!
YpsilantiRomani
That's cool just leave our best staging ground for most of the world understaffed
Eddyrock
SometimesOthertimesAnytime
But isn't there like 35000 stationed in Germany?
RealityInflicted
Something like that. I mean, it is just political posturing, trying to peddle more of the isolationalist bullshit to the base. It may be politically opportune for trump, but the lasting strategic effects probably have the sane forces in the administration tearing their hair.
RealityInflicted
Well, frankly I only wanted the "so erect" bit, but.... it is magical, the bit.
jonhamsandwich11
You mean this?
RealityInflicted
So, it did exist.
Hotsauceman
Why just 5000?
JustFeedMePieDammit
Because if they withdraw completely then they can't randomly attack people quite so far away. 5000 is enough for Hogbreath to signal that the US military is being run by whiny babies. It's a weird flex but the entire regime is weird flexing
SometimesOthertimesAnytime
My guess, there is only x amount of room at other bases, so that amount is the most they could withdraw without taking over-taxing other installations. Again, that is only my speculation.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
The US definitely needs those bases. They're logistics hubs, provide medical support... all your wonderful wars would be significantly more complicated without them. We need Americans to be here for deterrence, for now. You need to be here to be a global superpower. From an American perspective, you've never been here just to protect us.