03-26-2004, 12:17 AM
I don't know all the dynamics, but I am curious as to why pulling out of Germany would be such a bad thing for Germany. I thought Europe had been pretty stable over the last 10 years. I didn't think they needed our protection, and I'm not really clear at all on any economic impact it would have. It actually seems that they may be happy to have a reduced presence there. To me it seems a compliment. You can do this yourselves, you don't need us.
From my limited military experience (6 years in the National Guard, no forward deployments) the plan seems to make a lot of sense. Smaller permanent installations with your stable allies to act as hubs and potential deployment points. Other less entrenched forward deployment points in the hotter spots. We've proved that with the technology we have, we can do fairly rapid deployment from the states to just about anywhere in the world that we need to. So I agree that you don't need as many troops sitting out there. You need places where they can go to that are closer to the action, and lots of smaller ones in more locations makes more sense that a few big ones, especially with the smaller ones being nearer to the hot spots and the bigger ones being back in stable areas.
I too would like to see Russia in NATO. I think that would be a big boost to world security. Ah well, just some ramblings.
From my limited military experience (6 years in the National Guard, no forward deployments) the plan seems to make a lot of sense. Smaller permanent installations with your stable allies to act as hubs and potential deployment points. Other less entrenched forward deployment points in the hotter spots. We've proved that with the technology we have, we can do fairly rapid deployment from the states to just about anywhere in the world that we need to. So I agree that you don't need as many troops sitting out there. You need places where they can go to that are closer to the action, and lots of smaller ones in more locations makes more sense that a few big ones, especially with the smaller ones being nearer to the hot spots and the bigger ones being back in stable areas.
I too would like to see Russia in NATO. I think that would be a big boost to world security. Ah well, just some ramblings.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.