Put an xtra potato on, look who might be coming home.(thanks GW,Screw Europe)

[PatPatriot]

Bush to announce US troop pullouts from Europe, Asia on Monday: report -


Bush to announce US troop pullouts from Europe, Asia on Monday: report -

LONDON Aug 14, 2004 The United States is expected to announce Monday that it is pulling 100,000 troops out of Europe and Asia, the Financial Times newspaper reported Saturday. It said the withdrawals -- the largest restructuring of Washington's military presence abroad since World War II -- would be announced in a speech by US President George W. Bush.

Citing "people briefed on the plan" in a front-page story datelined London, the newspaper said two-thirds of the reductions would be in Europe, with 70,000 troops -- mostly from Germany -- being sent back to stateside bases.

"In Asia, the drawdown is expected to include the 3,500-soldier brigade from South Korea, recently deployed in Iraq, but will also include scaling down presences in several other countries in the region," it said.

Germany will still host the largest contingent of US troops in Europe, but the pullouts could nevertheless see the departure of the 1st Armoured Division and the 1st Infantry Division, the Financial Times said.



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[Oceans11]

A coincidence or what?

I wonder where they're headed (after a short leave)

No more becks and brockwurst.
Blazing sun, lots of sand in your sweaty crotch, and flies pecking at your eyes and mouth.

And it gives you lots of spare people for invading Iran too.
(I wonder if they have noticed that 100,000 troops are being 'recalled')

 

[ChuckSims]

I'm sure those troops see it coming too. They'll be in the states for some hand to hand combat training and then it will be off to Iraq. Thanks GW, ya bum.

 

[PatPatriot]

Well at least those fxckin freedom mooching euorpeans will have to fend for themselves...fxckin back stabbers.

 

[Oceans11]

They won't even notice you're gone.

West Germany absorbed East Germany without any huge problems.
In comparison, US troop reductions will barely cause a ripple.

I just don't understand why you have ANY ground troops in europe nowadays.
I suppose its for NATO training/integration stuff...for a war that has ceased to exist.

The future is peacekeeping stuff...but that is a minefield of politics and agendas.

 

[Oceans11]

Just a note on troop deployment 0804

Iraq - Currently 211,028 troops in total
Germany - Currently 75,603 troops in total
South Korea - Currently 40,258 troops in total
Japan - Currently 40,045 troops in total
Afghanistan - Currently 17,900 troops in total
Italy - Currently 13,354 troops in total
UK - Currently 11,801 troops in total
Qatar - Currently 3,432 in total
Bosnia-Hercegovina - Currently 2,931 troops in total
Iceland - Currently 1,754 troops in total

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3568548.stm

 

[UncleMoneybags]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> They won't even notice you're gone. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I bet the local economies where these troops are stationed will feel the impact.