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Originally posted by Return of the Sarge
Anybody have any thoughts on the pull out from Europe and Korea? I know Kerry has said this is the wrong time to pull out of Korea because it sends the wrong message, but I think a bigger chess game is being played here. By pulling out, perhaps it forces SK, Russia and China to deal more seriously and directly with the NK issue.
And by pulling out of Europe, it forces the EU to build up troops, thereby increasing the number of troops available for Nato.
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Troops are useless in the present Korean situation, except as hostages for NK to threaten.
As to Europe - this was a long-overdue combination of punitive action (via the loss of the spending) and strategic thinking (there's no reason to keep them there - the SU is gone, no one's running tanks from EG into NATO country, and they are way out of position for any currently conceivable conflict.) We kept them there as a sign of solidarity. They spit on us. The people I know who were there tell me that they were treated like crap by the locals. So, in the face of their disdain, and the strategic pointlessness of their presence, why pay to keep it going?
And, "forces the EU to build up troops"? Ain't gonna happen. Not at all. Think "occupation authorities."
