Now the little toad resorts to roaring with it's little mouth, can't win by posting nonsense...so now it will try to yell....
Sadly another epic failure by the little toad....Shall we try one more time......
Jump little toad, jump
Hey JDB, and now I'm being serious....don't you think by us reducing our military presence in places like Japan, Korea and Europe...is not a question of being meek. But instead, being smart, and letting those countries...especially in Japan and Europe...be more pro-active in taking care of their own nat'l security interests????All of us that participate in these Nat'l Sandbox threads, IMO, would classify ourself as a proud American.
Heck, if we could meet agreement on this subject, there would be savings. which we then could be place both in the military and non-militiary areas of the budget.
Notice: little toad...the adults are now speaking...you are to continue to be quiet and play with your little toy soldiers Originally Posted by vkmaster
things change and this may have,but when I served the country's where we had troops stationed payed us for it.It was more cost effective than housing them in the US.Plus they were closer to where a outbreak might occur,so a response would be quicker.. Originally Posted by ekim008expanding on his point a bit...
things change and this may have,but when I served the country's where we had troops stationed payed us for it.It was more cost effective than housing them in the US.Plus they were closer to where a outbreak might occur,so a response would be quicker.. Originally Posted by ekim008Correct!
expanding on his point a bit...Correct! The U.S. could not deploy to places like Afghanistan without forward support bases like those in Germany.
I suspect that the RDF (Rapid Deployment Force) wasn't practical on large scale. that's why we have all those overseas bases. those bases are our RDF. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
In the world of yesterday we needed troops in Japan, Germany, and Italy. Those days have passed. We no longer NEED troops there but sometimes it is awfully damned convenient to have troops within a six hour flight of a trouble spot. Do we need to watch or protect Japan, Germany, or Italy today? No, the frontier has passed them by. The new frontier is Quatar, Iraq, and Somalia. Originally Posted by JD Barleycornthere comes a time when it is obviously time to reconfigure the military posture of these bases. it is undoubtedly time to remove troops from Europe (I don't think Poland wants us to leave), and Japan. U.S. presence isn't really needed there. S. Korea is a question mark due to the fact S.K. & N.K. is still at a state of war and no treaty was ever signed by any parties involved in that conflict.