Re: Waaaaa The Republican Party crying thread.
ok, i may be wrong about the payment of troops.. i just think i somewhere heard or read that germany pays money for the US troops. but i am not 100% sure if i am right on that.
I know i should not answer questions with counter questions but where do we benefit from US troops?
as i said in another thread before. I do not think its the russians i need to worry about. russia never attacked germany. and i am very sure russia never will attack germany.
now all other countries around germany basically are allies.
and funny that you mention france. german france relations simply are one great example of how things can change.
france used to be germanies biggest enemy. for hundreds of years. now since wwII things changed.
today you can call germany and france a big ally. in european meetings it allready happened that french president stood up for german issues while our chancellor was.. wherever...
just a great example how diplomacy can work and dialouge.
so now i ask you.. what does my country benefit from your troops. my country is surrounded by only friends.
my countries military is nothing compared to the US military right.
now its very unlikely that the US will attack us and if they would.. it woudl not matter if we would start putting 600 billion $ into arms from now on because no way we will be able to keep up.
its also very unlikely that Russia will come attack us.
same goes for china.
also. german military for sure is way behind in numbers. but dont think we are so much behind in technology.
if it would come to a scenario where it is likely that we are not surrounded by friends anymore i am sure we could build up some nice army.
but that will not happen over night.
now how do us troops stationed in germany benefit me? my country or my security? ok, they spend their money in german economy.
but no US soldier will protect me from someone who wants to do some suicide bombing in germany.
your troops going from ramstein to iraq, do they benefit me? i dont know.. i get the feeling they make more and more people hate the US. i see it happen in germany too.. we allready had germans going to pakistan for terrorist training camps. a horrible thing if you ask me. but where does it come from? and will US soldiers in germany help me to avoid it?
i do not see it happen.
and on healthcare.. if no one spends as much on healthcare as the US does.. all is fine i guess.. you just have to use it right then ![]()