High_Gravity
Belligerent Drunk
Oh Boo Fucking Hoo.
I am so sick and tired of you assholes bitching about our military.
It's too big, we're in too many countries, we have too many bases.
Fuck you and go learn the second language of your choice. You will need it.
Facts are that the military presence in Europe has been cut by over 50% since the 1980's. There is not one US military base left that I was stationed at in Europe and i served 14 years based over there.
The US Military is smaller than it has been since the Korean cease fire started.
Can we and should we close more of our bases overseas? Yes and we are, but when you listen to all these crybabies it seems they just want us to rely on the Boys scouts instead of our military.
I tell you to just STFU and go thank a veteran.
I respect the passion but that's not what people are saying.
It's not the military who decides where to warmonger, where to build bases, where to be sent, what size budgets to make, it's bureacrats and politicians.
That's who we're speaking out about.
So what size would you like our Military to be? Which other bases should we close? Most of what we have left in Europe is basically a forward operating base and one of the biggest units left is actually Landstuhl Hospital complex and their support units. Maybe we should close them down, there would be another thousand or so dead troops from the middle east that way......... But then you don't think we should be in Afghanistan or Iraq do you. If we have what some are advocating then you'd better start brushing up on your Farsi and studying the Qur'an. You may just need it.
In a perfect world we would need no military for there would never be a war. But we live in a far from perfect world, and for the past 200+ years the US Military has kept your freedoms for you. They are doing a fine job without being cut any further. Fact is they have already been cut further than I feel comfortable with. And the apathy I see from so many today makes that even worse......
I have doubts that my Great Grandchildren will know our freedoms......
You are spot on Ollie most of the bases we have in Europe are forward operating bases for our troops in the ME and Afghanistan, Landstuhl specifically is a big hospital used to treat our injured troops before we send them back stateside, we had a few guys that had to go back from Kuwait and Iraq on my last deployment, they stopped in Landstuhl for treatment before going back home.