Today, (July 8, 2023) I read a news article from AMAC that referenced Germany Once Again Shirking It’s Commitments ahead of NATO Summit
Here’s my response to the AMAC news article:
https://amac.us/newsline/society/ahead-of-nato-summit-germany-once-again-shirking-defense-commitments
I am not completely sure what can be done to force Germany to pay their part. But if Germany doesn’t want to step up then I think it’s far past time to shift our military forces from Germany to the New Europe and station them in places like Poland & Finland (and other places too).
Germany has been making billions of dollars each year off the United States & off the backs of our military stationed there.
In the 90s I was stationed in Germany and they made out like fat rats during the military draw down. During the military draw down Germany charged the US for turning back over it’s bases that we had built and paid for.
For example, there were military sites & bases that the US occupied in Germany and due to the military drawdown they were no longer going to be used anymore & needed to be closed.
For example, Hahn AFB was one of those bases. Before Germany would allow the US to turn Hahn AFB back over such as accepting the housing, barracks, and runway (that the US paid for & built) Germany insisted that the US shore up and repair them before accepting the AFB.
Germany charged the US billions of dollars for this!
That’s right! The US had to repair everything and put back everything to 100%. That meant that everything needed to be in tip top shape (that we paid for to begin with) before Germany took it back over! (Their own land). How greedy can a country be.
Let’s not forget history: Germany tried to take over the world and the US intervened & stopped them. Afterwards, (World War 2), we even went back and helped them rebuild their country!
I can tell you that when I and my wife lived in Germany (in the 1990s) we experienced most of the older generation as being nice and friendly to us (not all though) but the younger generation held Neo-Nazi (called Skinheads) demonstrations outside of the front gates of our military installations.
There was a lot of road rage and dirty looks of hatred by the younger generation too. Keep in mind – That generation is now running their country.
If they don’t want to step up and pay their portion then I think the US needs to move our people out of their country and into other nearby European countries.
Why keep our forces placed specially right there in Germany?
Why keep allowing Germany to keep making money each year off the backs of our personnel? Each year Germany’s economy is benefiting from all the billions of dollars spent by the US and it’s military stationed there. That money bolsters their economy and they don’t want to pay their part? That’s just not right. Unbelievable!
I think it’s far past time to let someone like Poland be the main country where we, the US, are stationed at. Let that economy (Poland) reap the benefits & rewards of our US Armed Forces being stationed there. Not Germany!
It’s time to adjust our Armed Forces in Europe.
The New Europe.
