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good riddens 😍

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hell yeah :D

also its "good riddance" FYI

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago
[–] Hubi@feddit.org 25 points 3 months ago

It's a start but there's still 35000 more to go.

[–] Azrael@feddit.org 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are we going to finally get rid of Ramstein Kaiserslautern?

[–] manxu@piefed.social 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fat chance. America needs the base for forward projection to the Middle East.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Trump doesn’t understand that

[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

5000 injured from Iranian attacks, understood.

[–] tirateimas@lemmy.pt 7 points 3 months ago

Have a nice trip

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

i just wish Germany had politely told them they were no longer required instead, I do wonder what Germany is getting out of them tbh

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 months ago

It used to be "attacking germany would mean attacking the US soldiers there" which was supposed to be a deterrent. But now the US soldiers are the danger themselves so its really stupid that Trump would think that germany would still want them.

[–] AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, for a very long time Germany didn't have a choice 😅 and then it became a ok we will barely have a military because we have us soldiers here. (Which was considered a good thing by everyone in the world for.... Historical reasons)

[–] Sualtam@lemmus.org 1 points 3 months ago

Bundeswehr had 500k soldiers in the 80's. West Germany alone that is. It was a gigantic army in per capita terms.

[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Germany isn't really getting anything out of it, it's essentially a form of military aid to the US.

There is a common misconception among conspiracy/imbecile circles (and hence also the administration) in the US that these US military bases are a crucial part of the local economy, and that dismantling them is a way to "punish" allies that display a lack of servility.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

I mean, it will probably be a hard loss for the local bakery and some restaurants.

[–] brad_troika@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

US forces training German and other NATO forces. Afaik US troops are highly valued because they have more actual combat experience.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

And as we can see now, their experience is good for... uhm...

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Don't let the door hit you on your way out!

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Imperialist france army is enough for europe,we dont need USA! :)