Alliances aren't about making money. They're about having allies--The sort of partners who fought and bled in Afghanistan after 9/11, even though they weren't attacked. But if you must make it about money, US ops in Middle East would cost a lot more without using bases in Germany
-"ISIS is trying to kill us. We need to take them out." -"But fighting ISIS will cost more than it would have if we still had those bases in Germany." I doubt that rejoinder would work.
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Answer: "Is ISIS trying to kill us in New Jersey? Because we can solve that from our bases in New Jersey"
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