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Re:Germans accuse U.S. of Stasi tactics before Obama visit by arrrg on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @07:32PM (#5865442)
Well … to be honest I consider 1990 the year in which occupation ended and Germany got its full sovereignty back (with the 2+4 talks and reunification).

Technically that doesn’t matter at all because all through the cold war West-German and US interests were very tightly aligned (and when interests diverged a bit the US did give West-Germany enough freedom, though they hardly ever diverged much).

I mean, West-Berlin was most certainly occupied until 1990. It’s just that that was an occupation hardly anyone had a problem with.

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Re:Germans accuse U.S. of Stasi tactics before Obama visit by chalst on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @06:23AM (#5867382)
The US has bases in countries all over the world as part of military agreements. From 1955, W. Germany has them as a NATO member vs. the Warsaw Pact countries. They're not occupations unless the armies establish control over the countries.

The US still has some of its largest overseas bases in Germany; see http://militarybases.com/overseas/germany/

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