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Europe
US will base 500 additional troops in Germany, minister tells Berlin
2021-04-14
[AlAhram] The United States will deploy an additional 500 troops to Germany, Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said during a visit to Berlin, marking a reversal of former President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
's plans to withdraw about 12,000 troops from the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
 country.
A meaningless reversal, but a deliberate insult nonetheless.
"We have ceased planning (for a troop drawdown)," Austin said at a news conference with his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Tuesday.

"I think our assignment of an additional 500 troops speaks to the level of our partnership and our commitment to NATO," he added.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  Hide your women.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-04-14 09:49  

#5  You know the more troops overseas, the fewer to provide occupation forces in the states.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-04-14 08:39  

#4  #2 Would you settle for half?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-14 07:51  

#3  "I think our assignment of an additional 500 troops speaks to the level of our partnership and our commitment to NATO"

So,...little?
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-14 07:21  

#2  #1 MLF, we'll scare Brezhnev?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-14 05:48

g(r)om,

You know the next line, right? ;)

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-04-14 07:02  

#1  MLF, we'll scare Brezhnev?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-14 05:48  

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