Roger:

The euro’s have been rolling over since 1938 and they have made an art of it. They just do enough so that we stay in NATO and free themselves from having to spend money on their own defense. Up until a year ago I would have never suggested this but I think it is about time that we get out of europe and make them grow up and take care of themselves. I do not think we can count on using the bases their on future battles and all we do by staying there is allow the Europeans to stay in their infantile state. Except for the UK, Italy and some of the eastern states I do not think that we can hope for any support and if we pull out they may learn to appreciate the defense that we have provided for them all these years and payed for all these years. When they have to pony up the money for their own defense structure then we can compete on the economic field on a more balanced field. It was the correct thing to do after WWII but we have stayed their too long. They resent our being there and when Russia starts building their defense structure back up they can start spending their euro’s to defend themselves. I imagine we could make individual deals with seperate states and do that on a ad hoc basis. I don’t expect Europe to bow down like a slave and follow our orders but I am sick of having our country and our soldiers spit on.