There are any number of reasons an American might think were good enough to station troops in Germany, get back to active involvement in NATO, and -- really -- make America great again in terms of it being at least as capable of projecting decisive American military power with the fastest possible speed to any place on the planet as it was during the Obama administration.
That's as seen through the lens of the number of nations who weren't laughing the hardest they could at us back then, instead of admiring us for our generosity in how many ways we'd given them opportunities to exploit something without enough practical risk to deter them.
If you don't believe any of what I said, I invite you to find some member of the General Staff who would majorly disagree with me. Include the dead if you think their quote might be noticeably relevant here. A fact is a fact, and facts stick around even when no one is looking for or at them. Trump was a loser at maintaining or bettering off America in the world, with only one important and likely exception. Equally likely Biden is someone who'd rub it out even if Trump had never existed. Neoliberalism at its finest.
I'll let you guys find that exception for yourselves, given how much fun I had doing it.
But none of that is even touching on the equal or greater wisdom of also ramping back up our capacity to more or less non-violently influence 'foreign relations' in the broadest sense of the word.
So, looked at only in terms of the value any American could find for his own personal reasons by stationing troops in Germany, the one I bet would be most likely the favorite of most people is one I mentioned to a German woman some years ago as a reason Germany and her were both likely to suffer a little bit because Trump had just gotten made president.
She didn't believe me, argued Germany wasn't connected that way with America. Probably still believes that, given human nature. Ain't no who can't see what they don't want to see.
Here's the game now. If you are someone I'm likely to think capable of learning new facts and interpretations, and your curious about any of this, please PM me. I'll answer all questions -- and as concisely as possible that time around.
On the other hand if you are someone who I'm likely to think habitually toys with anyone who doesn't actually invite it -- regardless of whether that's me or not -- then I invite you to begin your snark whenever you're ready to be most likely ignored.
I enjoy these writing prompts folks give me in order to hone my talents into better skills. That does not mean I'm always interested in assuming I'm obligated to respond to every comment on RF about something I said.
Gods, I'm bored today.
