D?j? vu all over again?

[traderx]

Is it your impression that we have troops in these places to protects these places interests?

The same two countries started both World Wars so there is no mystery as to why we have troops in Germany and Japan. I am tired of the US being the policeman of the world. Besides, we catch nothing but grief from our "allies" in Europe and Asia. I say bring the troops home. The US is there to protect the interests of the US and our allies. I say let them pull the weight for a while.

We have to make cuts to get the federal budget down to $100 billion.

 

[30ashopper]

Nice examples. How long before we can similarly start squeezing Iraq's nads for payback in trade and such?

I don't know. If McCain wins this fall, I'd say give them time and let them spend oil revenue on reconstruction minus some financial support for our troops. The oil we'll have to pay market price but get first dibs and some control over production levels - which would be nice since we won't get kicked around by OPEC as much.

If Obama wins this fall we'll be pulling every troop out in a year and a half. In that case it'll really depend on what we leave behind. I doubt we'll have much say on things.

 

[30ashopper]

The same two countries started both World Wars so there is no mystery as to why we have troops in Germany and Japan. I am tired of the US being the policeman of the world. Besides, we catch nothing but grief from our "allies" in Europe and Asia. I say bring the troops home. The US is there to protect the interests of the US and our allies. I say let them pull the weight for a while.

We have to make cuts to get the federal budget down to $100 billion.

I think western european troop decreases are reasonable and I think we are actively doing that now. But I don't think your going to save much from that. Asia probably not, we need a strong presence there due to China and North Korea.