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US threatens to withdraw troops from Germany

The US says it might pull out some troops from Germany amid rifts over a naval mission in the Persian Gulf and defense spending. The remarks from the US ambassador come ahead of two presidential trips to Europe.

Timothy Jones

09.08.2019

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The United States is considering withdrawing some of the US troops stationed in Germany, with Poland mooted as a possible new deployment, the US ambassador to Germany has said.

The threat of withdrawal comes amid ongoing differences between Berlin and Washington over Germany's contribution to NATO and a current spat caused by the German refusal to take part in a US-led naval mission in the Persian Gulf.

"It is actually offensive to assume that the US taxpayer must continue to pay to have 50,000-plus Americans in Germany, but the Germans get to spend their surplus on domestic programs," US Ambassador Richard Grenell told the DPA news agency, in comments carried widely by German media on Friday.

His remarks come after the US ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, tweeted that her country would be happy for the American troops in Germany to move there instead.


US President Donald Trump had also mentioned the possibility of moving some American troops from Germany to Poland in talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Washington in June, something that was also mentioned by Grenell.

"President Trump is right and Georgette Mosbacher is right, " he said, saying that requests by "numerous presidents" for Germany to "pay for its own defense" had been ignored. Now was the time for Americans and the US president had to react, he said.

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Grenell has often irritated Berlin with his comments

Largest US deployment in Europe

Germany is the European country where most US troops are posted, with 35,000 soldiers deployed there along with 17,000 American civilians employed by the US military. Some 12,000 German civilians also work in jobs connected with the deployment.

Rumors that the US might be considering a partial pullout of troops from Germany have long been rife, with the US administration under Donald Trump often voicing anger that Berlin is not contributing enough to NATO.

Germany intends to spend 1.36% of GDP on defense this coming year, an amount that, while marking a strong increase, is still well under NATO's 2% goal for member states. Although the government says it wants to increase the current figure to 1.5% by 2024, the financial planning for 2023 envisages spending only 1.24% of GDP on the military.

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US soldiers have been posted in Germany since World War II

Trans-Atlantic differences

Grenell's comments come shortly after Germany sparked Washington's ire by refusing to take part in a US-led operation in the Strait of Hormuz to protect trading vessels from Iranian aggression and rejecting a US request to send ground troops to fight the extremist group "Islamic State."

They also come ahead of Trump's twin trips to Europe at the end of August — with neither trip including a visit to Germany.

The first will take Trump to the G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz, where he will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The second, from August 31 to September 3, will see him visiting Denmark and Poland. Among other things, both these countries share Washington's opposition to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that has been strongly promoted by Germany.

https://www.dw.com/en/us-threatens-to-withdraw-troops-from-germany/a-49959555
 
I do agree with USA on this point. The Europeans really take the piss, expcting the Americans and British to defend them using American and British Tax payers, while their tax payers DONOT shelter the burden of self defence.

I would like the UK to move all military presence out of Europe. F--- them all, esp with the way they are trying to break up the UK over the backstop nonsense.
 
I do agree with USA on this point. The Europeans really take the piss, expcting the Americans and British to defend them using American and British Tax payers, while their tax payers DONOT shelter the burden of self defence.

I would like the UK to move all military presence out of Europe. F--- them all, esp with the way they are trying to break up the UK over the backstop nonsense.

'UK military protecting Europe' :D typical leavers logic lol
 
'U.S. threatens to withdraw troops from Germany'

As if the Germans are yearning for them to say.
Anyway.. just who are they supposed to be protecting the Germans from??
 
This is like some Indian sodomizing your daughter and threatening to stop if you fail to pay the Indian to continue. The entire world should kick the 'army' of rapists out of their own countries. Paying for what?

Putin is hiding is your closet. That is the sham, why Putin has to pretend to be the villain of the West, so there is some excuse to have Washington troops throughout the world. Osama is dead, but Putin is still alive, and will jump out of the bushes and get you. Just pay up on your military and you get occupied by goon rapist troops from Washington. Once the game is up and Germans have all figured out Putin is not the enemy and this knowledge spreads across Europe, Putin might switch sides and be in favor of bombing Tehran, Beijing and Islamabad. Because that is the type of enemy Putin is, a neo-nazis Indian lover.

Germans should be smart enough to know their enemy is Washington, not Moscow.

What country is the threat to world peace?

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The Germans rightfully answer: the criminal Washington Regime.

Send the Washington's 'army' of rapists to Poland, from throughout Europe.
 
US threatens to withdraw troops from Germany

Please, by all means, leave Germany. In fact, while you're at it, kindly withdraw all Zionist-American military personnel, bases, equipment, black ops sites from the entire continent Europe. Once you've withdrawn from Europe, then start shutting down bases, installations in Qatar, Saudi & Turkey.
 
Germany has really turned into a pussy. Why do they need Americans to protect themselves ? Such a glorious history turned into self-hate.

Bismarck is spinning in his grave.

Prussia might to the German Empire now this!!

Germany has all but been destroyed thanks to world war 1 and 2.
 
I do agree with USA on this point. The Europeans really take the piss, expcting the Americans and British to defend them using American and British Tax payers, while their tax payers DONOT shelter the burden of self defence.

I would like the UK to move all military presence out of Europe. F--- them all, esp with the way they are trying to break up the UK over the backstop nonsense.

If the UK is pulling all their troops out of Europe, where will they go?
It would make sense to keep at least a small force in the UK...:enjoy:
 
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The terror state of murica should withdraw from the planet of Earth.
 
Germany gonna rise again
It's very strong nation a military power
Sleeping ready to be awaken again
 

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