U.S. pulling troops out of Europe

[madape]

US to redeploy 100,000 troops and shut bases
President George Bush will announce tomorrow that the US military will pull up to 100,000 troops out of Europe and Asia in the biggest redeployment since the end of the Cold War.

The plan will see a number of US bases in Germany closed down, and troops returned home or redeployed to Eastern Europe.

from Davids Medienkritik (German blog)

But...but... this means job losses in the tens of thousands in Germany!! You can't do this! Germany is broke by all definitions and needs help, not another devastating blow to the job market! We're already struggling to sustain our 6-week-annual vacations and the 35-hour week, not to forget our generous welfare state - we simply can't afford even more job losses! We need US taxpayer dollars to keep our standard of socialism!

Do you know no decency, Sir? I mean, Germany had done so much to support the US fight terrorism in Iraq, like...er...like... - well, that's obvious, anyway. Don't Gerhard Schroeder and Joschka "I am not convinced" Fischer deserve better treatment for their unwavering support, even in difficult times? And didn't the German population always show great sympathy for your decisions to go to war against terrorism?


Think twice about your decision, Mr. President!

Otherwise we might turn to France to guarantee our security in the future. They'd sure be more than willing to risk their soldier's lives to defend Germany.

You sure as hell can bet on that!

all I can say is... sometimes you get what you ask for. Good luck fellas!