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In reply to the discussion: U.S. Assessing Cost Of Keeping Troops In Germany As Trump Battles With Europe [View all]NickB79
(20,363 posts)50. In other news, shaking walls and a loud, long moaning sound were reported in Moscow today
First thought to be a small earthquake, sources now report that is has been identified as President Putin having the largest orgasm of his life.
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U.S. Assessing Cost Of Keeping Troops In Germany As Trump Battles With Europe [View all]
appalachiablue
Jun 2018
OP
I'm ex NATO and believe that we need to shake Germany and some countries out of their free ride
braddy
Jun 2018
#5
I'm the son of a holocaust survivor and I don't believe a more militarized germany is a good thing
unblock
Jun 2018
#8
Removing our troops would be incredibly stupid and dangerous even if Germany went to 2%
unblock
Jun 2018
#24
The Germans need to quit freeloading off our treasure and GIs. By the way, my dad fought the Germans
braddy
Jun 2018
#12
It would not really meaningfully change anything for us if they went from 1.2% to 2.0%.
unblock
Jun 2018
#18
Thirty billion pumped into a local purely NATO military would help greatly, and getting serious
braddy
Jun 2018
#31
American troops in Germany guarantees missle response if Russian troops enter Germany
irisblue
Jun 2018
#20
Poland, my parents ancestral home, is a flat 1000 miles. Tanks move fast, not as fast as satellite
irisblue
Jul 2018
#69
A pre-Putin gift of withdrawal from Europe. I was stationed in Germany for 7 years and
kairos12
Jun 2018
#22
Our nearby state of the art medical bases in Germany lowered Iraq/Afghanistan casualties.
SunSeeker
Jun 2018
#29
Also Poland, some in Italy; Hungary, Turkey, more. Authoritarian elements rising.
appalachiablue
Jul 2018
#71
In other news, shaking walls and a loud, long moaning sound were reported in Moscow today
NickB79
Jun 2018
#50
Since US/Russia developed deliverable nukes in large quantities this has all been window dressing
inwiththenew
Jul 2018
#70