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I think it's possible that this will help to reduce anti-American sentiments once we withdraw our troops. Although most of he people know that we were there to fight the Soviets, there is an inevitable feeling of being occupied that people get when a foreign military has bases set up in another country.
It's also a lot more practical to have an EU defense force set up rather than having troops from a NATO country there, due to the huge distance between the US and Germany.
Although I think it is a good time to withdraw troops and that the withdrawal is occurring now for practical reasons, I forsee a whole lot of speculation that this is in retaliation for lack of support in Iraq.
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