US to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany in move that will cost billions and take years

[orangecrush]

(CNN)The US is to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany in a move that has attracted bipartisan congressional opposition and roiled key allies who see the move as a blow to NATO.

President Donald Trump's decision to pull thousands of troops will take years to execute and will potentially cost billions of dollars to bring about, according to US defense officials.
The plan to pull US troops from the long-time NATO ally has been met with broad bipartisan opposition amid concerns that it will weaken the US military's position vis a vis Russia, however the Trump Administration has decided to proceed with the move.
Approximately 11,900 US troops, a mix of Army and Air Force units, will be removed from Germany to meet Trump's mandated cap of 25,000 US forces in Germany, according to a senior US defense official, a number higher than the figure of 9,500 that was used when the reduction was first announced.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/us-withdraw-troops-germany/index.html

Putin's puppet.

[dalton99a]

1. As ordered by his master

[secondwind]

2. Hopefully President Biden will put a stop to this......

[Baitball Blogger]

3. If it's going to take "years" it's not going to happen.

[marble falls]

4. And Putin only asked for a 10K reduction.

[moondust]

5. Right.

Let's have a self-serving, incompetent buffoon with no experience in military readiness (or anything else) and questionable loyalties make sweeping strategic decisions important to national and global security.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Gotta get all those troops to deploy in the cities from *somewhere*. nt

[Bayard]

7. My niece and her husband (Army Ranger)

With their new baby, think they may be in the group coming home.

I'm telling her, its probably much safer to stay in Germany. They have the virus under control.

[greenjar_01]

8. Help is on the way

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. All to please his bro Putin