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Originally Posted by JoshGirls Josh
the answer, in a sentence, is that military spending is holy & untouchable.
same with social security/medicare. the politics are such that it is impossible to cut the program. if you do, you are "opposed" to national security, or to seniors. so we now have a situation where the pentagon is incapable of leaving some places, like okinowa, germany, & korea, wars that were over 2 generations ago.
as with all issues in DC it comes back to special interests leeching the public dime, & a political class for sale to those special interests. & nothing the common man can do about it cept talk about bitcoins.
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We can leave Japan and Germany. South Korea not so much, but only because of North Korea. It would take a lot from our leaders to do.
But we do need bases around the world. We need at least one in every region - Europe, Middle East, Asia. Naval Air Stations - bases that can handle ships and planes, as well as regular infantry units. They should be islands - Like Accession island. This way we can have a military base in each area, while avoiding issues with the local population like we have time and time again in Japan. If we want to be social and what not, send a ship to their port for a week.
One can only imagine how much money closing these bases would save.