85000 troops in Germany

Do you know we still have 85000 troops in Germany. This is insane. Are we waiting for the Russian army to come plowing through anytime soon. I have friends and family members in the military. I am as patriotic as any person and I salute the efforts and sacrifices our troops make. If my children decided to join the military I would be very proud of them.

That said perhaps the most prescient thing Eisenhower said was when he talked about the growing military industrial complex. Our military has to a large extent become a profit making venture for the private companies and suppliers that supply them with everything from foodsutffs to weapons of war. Watch the headlines when bases are closed. Clearly this is a great shock to the communities in which this happens but the purpose of the military is not to provide jobs for a community in a base or for those that supply it.

85000 troops in Germany. Really? This country that is booming could not defend themselves. What are we protecting them from. I would like to know just the cost of that one mission. I suspect it would keep plenty of teachers employed across this country.