[dabigv13]

Perhaps the reason for pulling US troops from Europe is that we will not have the funds or manpower to assist NATO in the future. If we reduce the DOD budget by 40% over the next 5 years, yeah I suppose troops in Poland may be a luxury.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...dget-cuts/

I'm not saying this is good or bad, but why would we do this? Who benefits?

[dabigv13]

Perhaps the reason for pulling US troops from Europe is that we will not have the funds or manpower to assist NATO in the future. If we reduce the DOD budget by 40% over the next 5 years, yeah I suppose troops in Poland may be a luxury.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...dget-cuts/

I'm not saying this is good or bad, but why would we do this? Who benefits?