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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
Correct, IMO. The real meat is in three areas: SSI, Medicare, and Defense. Isn't all the money we spend in Europe to fight an imaginery Communist enemy really the "foreign aid" we need to cut?
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I'd have no problem with removing most of the US military from Europe. The mission there is virtually finished. Actually, the force in Germany has been greatly reduced in the last 20 years, but it could come down some more.
The airborne BCT in Vinchenza Italy could stay, as it is basically a fast reaction force to the ME. Keep that, Ramstein AFB and the Landsthul Hospital there and send everybody else home.