The locals in kitzingen hated them too. They were considered low life drunkards and trouble makers.
Germany’s defense minister rebuffs Trump’s Strait of Hormuz request: ‘This is not our war’
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Jake Starkey
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How many total NATO troops went to Iraq under Bush and in total to Afghanistan?
Peak: ~130,000 troops from 51 nations (2011). Total NATO involvement across 20 years: well over 1 million troop‑rotations, though peak strength never exceeded ~130k at once.
Peak: ~130,000 troops from 51 nations (2011). Total NATO involvement across 20 years: well over 1 million troop‑rotations, though peak strength never exceeded ~130k at once.
There has been a 99% drop in support for Ukraine. If you include European payments to the USA, it is more than a 100% drop in net support.
In other words, trump was not supporting, but rather pulling assets away from their efforts.
Just about everyone here has experienced living in a NATO country. There is one person from Australia, and a few bots from Russia, but other than that everyone else has experience living in a NATO country.
The Germans, and the rest of the Europeans in general, are getting older on average. They were always highly rules based. This is not a population that enjoys having drunk American servicemen party in their cities. They are prosperous enough that they do not need the tiny amounts of money servicemen spend in Germany. The land the bases take up could be much better used on producing things for the Germany economy. The Germans have a lot of uses for land, but much too little land to use.
The Germans always comforted themselves that by loaning this land to the USA, and putting up with the drunk American servicemen, they were buying protection for their country. No one thinks trump will honor any commitments to protect Germany, so now they are moving on.
trump already has. he has pulled almost all support for the war, and if you include the support that Europe is paying the USA for, he has pulled more than all support for the war.
This is like the threat that if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, trump will bomb them. The problem here is if they open the Strait of Hormuz, trump will still bomb them.
Australia is not a member of NATO.
Nor Russia
Like who. US not included.
Tell me about it .
No need for the Americans. We agree.
No longer needed. The Soviet Union is no threat to Germany.
Good for them . It’s about time.
France kicked us out decades ago.
The US is a NATO nation. Even our resident Thai genocide supporter uses his UK (NATO nation) passport from where he grew up. Just about everyone here has lived in a NATO nation.
I can claim citizenship in three NATO nations, but have only actually claimed citizenship in one. I have lived in two, and frequently visited many more. I have a whole bunch of relatives, and friends who live throughout NATO.
Anon's boast "I once visited a NATO nation", just seems hallow given that just about everyone here has lived in a NATO nation.
Russia is a huge threat to Germany, so there is that. This would be a great time to solidify our alliance with them, but instead trump is breaking things up.
That's why we're not fighting it.
OTOH, as part of the deal for Ukraine to give up their nukes after the USSR collapsed, the US promised to support them. Russia violated their part of the agreement. Only a scumbag drug pusher would want the US to violate our part.
In addition, only a demented, warped, anti-American would compare the material support the US gives Ukraine to the Pearl Harbor-style attack the US made against Iran. How many Americans have to die to satiate the blood-lust of MAGAts seeking to distract from the Trump-Epstein Files?
The Massandra Accords set the stage for the ultimately successful trilateral talks. As the United States mediated between Russia and Ukraine, the three countries signed the Trilateral Statement on January 14, 1994. Ukraine committed to full disarmament, including strategic weapons, in exchange for economic support and security assurances from the United States and Russia. Ukraine agreed to transfer its nuclear warheads to Russia and accepted U.S. assistance in dismantling missiles, bombers, and nuclear infrastructure. Ukraine’s warheads would be dismantled in Russia, and Ukraine would receive compensation for the commercial value of the highly enriched uranium. Ukraine ratified START on February 3, 1994, repealing its earlier preconditions, but it would not accede to the NPT without further security assurances.