Why are base closures suddenly an existential danger? The ubiquitous "democracy in crisis" narrative -- propounded by best-selling books and endless think tank seminars -- which now overlays everything, and casts otherwise routine, unremarkable events in apocalyptic terms
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What person on the left wants the US NOT to decrease its overseas military bases. If you are against this, you have Trump Derangement Syndrome. I wonder if they would complain if he all of a sudden supported Medicare For All.
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the only jobs program acceptable to the establishment
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The headquarters of three major commands are in Germany. US Army Europe, US Air Force Europe and Africa Command. Those have been firmly committed to until the present.
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We didn't really need a base named for "Pig Crossing" anyway... accurate though it may have been.
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Germany has gained nothing but profit from the base closings, all the military barracks were turned into housing for their people, and we are talking about some nice housing. I was in Mannheim for two years before the base closed.
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Everything is a crisis, even when it makes sense and is a gradual continuation of previous policy. And doing exactly what he ran on... Which many on the left used to agree with...
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It’s the “Trump exception” in which all things begin Nov 2016.
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1st, it only makes strategic sense to move our forces to the Baltic states and Poland. 2nd, they are willing to invest billions and are under a greater threat risk. 3rd, Germany will be forced to increase defense spending to 2.0 of GDP as required by NATO.
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