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@VickyRichterUSA If some US bases need to remain in Europe they are better off stationed in the East European countries that don't take for granted their freedom.

America’s “Favor” That Powers Its Empire U.S. troops in Germany are not there out of charity—and certainly not to “protect” Germans. They are there because without German soil, American global reach doesn’t function. Ramstein is the largest U.S. air base outside America. Stuttgart hosts EUCOM and AFRICOM—the command centers for operations across Europe and Africa. Landstuhl has been the lifeline for wounded U.S. soldiers from Iraq to Afghanistan. Even drone operations in places like Somalia rely on infrastructure routed through Germany. Remove that, and you don’t weaken Berlin—you blind Washington. Yet somehow the narrative persists: America is doing Germany a favour. That Europe is the dependent, the beneficiary, the so-called “freeloader.” It’s a convenient story. It’s also strategically backwards. Because the reality is simple: those bases are not acts of generosity. They are instruments of power. And they exist in Germany not for Germany’s benefit—but for America’s ability to operate far beyond its own borders. Take them away, and the question isn’t what Germany loses. It’s how much the United States does.

@anadoluagency Merz has gifted Putin with a US troop drawdown in Germany.

#BREAKING Germany’s Merz says US 'is and will remain’ Berlin’s ‘most important’ NATO partner as sides share goal of preventing Iranian nuclear arms

@RetireDividend @zerohedge Methinks Merz speaks with a forked tongue.

@zerohedge Germany went from tariff complaints to “best NATO partner” real quick once Iran entered the chat. Funny how nuclear risk makes everyone remember who pays for the security umbrella, isn’t it?

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@RimabestRima12 Why do they support terrorist jihadis who love death and violence more than life and peace?

These ships carry more than supplies— they carry a question the world has yet to answer.

@Weinsteinlaw Didn't ML say a person should be judged by their merit, not the color of their skin? It appears YOU are the racist for bringing up his color when Trump lamblasts both whites (Schumer, Warren, Newsome et al) and blacks for their 'lack of merit'.

The pattern is unmistakable and repulsive. If you keep calling Black leaders "low IQ," you aren't expressing a political disagreement. You are using a racist dog whistle to undermine their humanity. Every single time Donald Trump uses this slur, he shows the country that his politics are built entirely on grievance and bigotry. It’s a disgrace to the office and a stain on this country.

@afneil Sounds like a sore loser

Good luck continuing to wage your war against Iran without your German bases. Well nigh impossible. US troops aren’t in Germany to protect Germans. They’ve been there to project US power. Bye bye.

@WallStreetMav True only of a democratic country. In communist countries the bottom 20% are liable to 'disappear' if they become troublesome. Applies to any demographic actually.

Maturing is realizing that we are all sIaves to the bottom 20 percent of society, far more than we are to the top 1 percent.

@JamieMetzl By deeply antagonizing its US patron, it can be argued that the EU itself handed the gift to Putin.

@general_ben Er...but the Iran war shows that the EU may not let the US use its forward bases there, after all the years of investment in Europe. What's the use of having bases there when you don't have reliable partners?

This short-sighted decision will not hurt Germany. It only hurts us. It does nothing to protect our strategic interests overseas. We cannot defend America from TX or GA or NC. We need forward friends and forward access.

@elonmusk @grok where is all this steel for SpaceX rockets and their launchers made?

I love giant machines

Donald Trump is 100% wrong to reduce US troop levels in Germany. This can only be seen as a gift to Vladimir Putin. The United States government should stand for America’s national interests and with our allies.

Context matters? Given the hatred of Trump by many, Comey's own animosity toward him and his supporters, the highly charged atmosphere in politics, the multiple assassination attempts at Trump, and Comey's past law enforcement position, his post is way beyond funny. It is reckless in the least.

That said, SCOTUS has upheld statutes (to include those with which Comey is charged) that penalize speech/expression. -Obscenity (Miller v Cal.) -Defamation (NYTimes vs Sullivan) -Incitement (Brandenburg) -True Threats (Counterman) Comey's charges regard "true threats". 3/

🚨COMEY🚨 Lots of Google Law School alumnae citing the Counterman case claiming the case against Comey will be dismissed. IT WON'T! The same alums say his post could only be taken as a joke and acquittal is 100% inevitable. IT ISN'T! Here's why: 🧵1/

@Strandjunker If it is as you say, then US needs to shut down its bases in Germany since the EU did not let US planes transit in the Iran operations. And is Germany able to defend itself ?

US troops are not in Germany to protect Germany. They’re there because the US needs bases to conduct operations beyond the North American continent. If Trump withdraws them, he will harm the United States, not Germany. It’s absurd how many Americans fail to grasp this.

@JohnHaymond2 @Beno10_MFC Haha...when you get to the 3rd step, it's one equation and one unknown. 10+5C = 50

@Bernie7Ng @Beno10_MFC This is true. However, the first two equations are one equation with one unknown, which are solvable on their own. Solve them and the third equation is one equation with one unknown.

Only the smartest nearly got the value of C. It requires top level IQ Can you solve?

@HasanSa11421300 @Beno10_MFC Yep, so it's easy to solve.

@Bernie7Ng @Beno10_MFC You have 3 equations 🤨

@JimHansonDC Stopping Iranian gunboats from sinking ships in the Strait would not count as war, but as enforcement of the international law of the sea?

President Trump perfectly plays the War Power Act with a letter to the Senate saying: "On Apr. 7 I ordered a ceasefire...There has been no exchange of fire since...The hostilities that began on Feb. 28 are terminated" He reset the clock on the War Powers Act. He then states he is keeping forces in the region in case they are needed reserving his right at Commander in Chief to use them as needed. He also said today he considers the War Powers Act unconstitutional but is complying with it to avoid a conflict over that. He is absolutely correct as the WPA has never been to SCOTUS and does significantly infringe on the President's Art. II powers. But until that is adjudicated it is best to play along with its requirements while not losing one bit of his freedom of maneuver as Commander in Chief. Brilliant!

Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew (and others like Walt Rostow) explicitly argued this: the prolonged US commitment (especially 1965–1973) prevented an earlier communist victory in South Vietnam, giving non-communist states in South East Asia critical years to: - Build political stability and economic momentum. - Form and strengthen ASEAN (1967 onward). - Defeat or contain their own communist insurgencies with US aid and training. Lee stated that US involvement bought time for ASEAN nations to consolidate and grow economically, reducing communism's appeal. Without that delay, a quicker fall might have demoralized neighbors and emboldened local communists when governments were weaker. Post-1975, even after Saigon's fall, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines did not collapse—insurgencies (e.g., Thailand's CPT, Malaysia's CPM) faded rather than surging to victory. The subsequent prosperity of Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia etc contribute to peace and stability in the region for which we owe a big thank you to the United States of America.

South Vietnam didn’t fall because it was beaten. It fell because it was betrayed. Fifty-one years ago today, April 30, 1975, the last American helicopter lifted off the Saigon embassy roof. We had won. Nixon and Kissinger’s Paris Peace Accords forced the North to recognize South Vietnam’s sovereignty. America promised air power and supplies if they violated it. The ARVN was finally ready to defend itself. Then Watergate. Democrats won huge majorities in 1974. They slashed aid by over 75%, banned any U.S. response to Soviet rearmament of the North, and watched as the Communists violated every agreement. No bullets. No gas. No tires for their Jeeps. South Vietnam collapsed—not from lack of courage, but abandonment by the same Democrats that sent our sons to die there a decade earlier. What followed wasn’t peace. It was hell. The Domino Theory wasn’t wrong. Cambodia and Laos fell. Pol Pot—praised by the American left as “Cambodia’s George Washington”—murdered 1/3 of his own people. A million sent to re-education camps in Vietnam. Half a million murdered. Two million boat people fled; nearly half a million drowned. I was eight, standing in a church hall in Arkansas, looking up at a South Vietnamese flag on a refugee’s lapel. I just wept and said “I’m sorry” over and over. We should all still be sorry. This wasn’t inevitable. It was engineered in Washington. Just like the fall of China in 1949. Christian anti-Communist leaders betrayed by Democrats in both cases—Chiang by Truman, Diem by JFK—then the deluge. Nixon was right in No More Vietnams: When America fights, fight to win with overwhelming force. Never send troops without vital interests at stake. Once committed, keep your word to allies. Peace comes through strength, not weakness. We forgot those lessons. In 2021, Biden gave us Saigon 2.0 in Kabul. Allies abandoned. Billions in weapons to the enemy. Desperate people clinging to aircraft. Women enslaved again. Credibility shattered. Then came Ukraine. It’s dangerous to be an American ally when Democrats hold power. The men who fought in Vietnam—American and South Vietnamese—were heroes. They didn’t lose. They were betrayed. Fifty years on, remember why Saigon fell. Honor that noble cause. Resolve: No more Vietnams. No more Afghanistans. No more betrayals. America must lead with strength, clarity, and resolve. Freedom isn’t free. The price of abandoning it is always paid in blood. I wrote a longer essay detailing this. You should read it. Link in my bio. Never forget.

@realgerhardtvdm Rail offers limited relief with capacity constraints well below Iran's typical 1.5-2M bpd sea exports; analysts note it is inefficient and insufficient to prevent storage buildup or eventual production cuts. How hard can it be for US planes to blow up the train tracks?

🛢️🇮🇷 TRUTH: Iran is now moving millions of barrels crude oil via railway to friendly countries and they move these shipments faster 14days vs 40 days on a ship. Iran is making TONS AND TONS of money at this moment, their economy is on fire. The Trump Hormuz blockage is isn't working, it FAILED. Once again the Iranians outsmarted the aggressors on the chessboard. THE U.S. WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP IRAN'S OIL EXPORTS!