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Trump administration is pulling 5,000 troops from Germany (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

American overseas bases are load-bearing structures for America's expeditionary warfare capacity.

I agree that a planned drawdown would be better, but if the only chance we have of getting out of Europe is Trump angrily closing all bases via executive order, it'll have to do.