Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by stjohnswarts on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:51PM (#30591002)

There are lots of Americans who agree with you and would LOVE to see Europe get better at this stuff and take a load off of our national expenses and bank accounts :) .

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by orwin on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:11PM (#30595005)

You're probably wrong on the effects though. I don't see the us defense contractors and arm producer accepting that much of a cut in their budgets. Also, an unified eu defense force would undercut a lot of military contracts between EU state and us companies, and the loss of customer in this market is quite hard to offset

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by phicoh on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:18PM (#30592798)

The US has a big military-industrial complex. A capable EU-army might result in a focus on weapon production in the EU. Quite a loss for US industries.

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