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Europe
Bush declares end to occupation of Germany
2004-08-17
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(2004-08-16) -- President George Bush today announced that the United States would begin "drawing down" its military forces in Germany, signaling the impending end of the U.S. occupation of post-Third Reich Germany and thus the official end of World War II.

"The dictator is gone and it's time for the German people to chart their own course," said Mr. Bush. "Their land is now safe for democracy and our mission is accomplished."

Meanwhile, Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry said he would have voted to give authority to the president to remove troops from Germany, "but I oppose the way the president is going about it."

"It's good that the dictator is gone, and that World War II is over" said Mr. Kerry, who is also a U.S. Senator, "but does the president have a plan to win the peace?"
Posted by:Korora

#8  Is it still possible to get that aerosol "fart spray" up in Canada? The students are coming back soon; I'm sure there'll be some protests.
Posted by: Asedwich   2004-08-17 12:16:32 PM  

#7  B, go check out the Protest Warrior site...I think they are counter protesting. Or drop me an email, maybe I'll come out too.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-08-17 11:48:27 AM  

#6  August 29th, huh? Can I get arrested for "accidently" squirting a protestor with super stinky water from a water-bottle?

hee hee :-)
Posted by: B   2004-08-17 11:29:45 AM  

#5  You can count Patton as one of those first casualties of "winning the peace." He died in a car accident in Germany, Dec. '45. Truman should have cut 'n' run then! Truman lied, people died!
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-17 11:09:17 AM  

#4  If only those troops were home in the States, they could have avoided all those "accidents, garrison accidents, and automobile accidents."

We don't have any of those here.
Posted by: danking70   2004-08-17 11:04:42 AM  

#3  Actually, SH, there has been a price, excluding WWII. Annually there are loses to training accidents, garrison accidents, and automobile accidents. For the near 60 years of being there, well above the losses we have sustained in the shooting conflict since 9/11.
Posted by: Don   2004-08-17 8:07:33 AM  

#2  International A.N.S.W.E.R. is having another one of those "Bring Our Troops Home Now" rallies in DC on August 29. Wanna bet they have a few "Keep Our Troops In Europe Indefinitely" signs as well?
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-08-17 1:08:42 AM  

#1  Can we get a final tally on our losses now?
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-08-17 12:42:38 AM  

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