http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/general-marine-corps-is-the-cheap-force/ The latest Politics news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers including Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulos and more. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/general-marine-corps-is-the-cheap-force/#comment-5774492 The_Mick Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:05:51 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=158212#comment-5774492 @Deanbob who asked: "How much could we save by either offering foreign countries the opportunity to pay for..[foreign U.S. military bases]?" Deanbob, Japan pays the USA for the bases in Japan. I don't know about other nations. I also know that the reason we and the old Soviet Union had bases in East and West Germany was NOT to protect against each other, but to protect against...Germany. Gerald Ford got Breshnev to sign the SALT II Treaty only by threatening to pull U.S. Troops out of Germany. So another question is: how much do we save by not worrying about the possible military desires of Germany, Japan, etc. compared to our cost of foreign bases? @Deanbob who asked: “How much could we save by either offering foreign countries the opportunity to pay for..[foreign U.S. military bases]?” Deanbob, Japan pays the USA for the bases in Japan. I don’t know about other nations. I also know that the reason we and the old Soviet Union had bases in East and West Germany was NOT to protect against each other, but to protect against…Germany. Gerald Ford got Breshnev to sign the SALT II Treaty only by threatening to pull U.S. Troops out of Germany. So another question is: how much do we save by not worrying about the possible military desires of Germany, Japan, etc. compared to our cost of foreign bases?

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/general-marine-corps-is-the-cheap-force/#comment-5761162 deanbob Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:20:29 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=158212#comment-5761162 Why do we pay for bases and personnel to (militarily) support so many foreign countries? How much could we save by either offering foreign countries the opportunity to pay for them, or closing them down? Why do we pay for bases and personnel to (militarily) support so many foreign countries? How much could we save by either offering foreign countries the opportunity to pay for them, or closing them down?

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