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5/21/2013 10:53:18 PM
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Is Europe Worth It?
Since school has been winding down for me, I've been blogging more often. So, I present to you a two part piece on the question of Europe's strategic value to the United States. In an age of fiscal austerity and demanding strategic priorities, it is my opinion that the United States should draw down its total force by about 40,000 troops.
[url=http://thelineofsteel.blogspot.com/2013/05/is-europe-worth-trouble.html]Part 1[/url]
[url=http://thelineofsteel.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-much-resources-should-we-put-into.html]Part 2[/url]
*as always, not an expert, yada, yada, yada
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Well, events in the past year have proven that Special Forces and USAF Formations should be unaffected by such a draw down. But without any foreseeable threats to our European allies from anyone on the continent and no threat to the US mainland that would require our forces to be spread out to provide a form of offensive capability, a draw down of 40,000 troops seems reasonable at this time based on what I have seen from the press and other public sources.
