Obama Returns To Bush Plan for Cutting U.S. Troops In Europe -- SFGate/Bloomberg
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration plans to revert to a Bush-era plan to cut the number of U.S. Army combat brigades in Europe in half as part of the Pentagon budget cuts to be announced within weeks, U.K. Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said.
The decision is a retreat from the administration's previous determination, announced last April, to leave in place three of the four brigade combat teams now stationed in Europe, three in Germany and one airborne brigade in Italy. A brigade combat team usually has 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers.
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My Comment: Europe will not fill in the gap. Sovereign debt is the biggest enemy in Europe right now, and funneling money into their defense programs is not going to happen. Hmmm .... so much for NATO and the role that it has played in keeping the peace since the Second World War.
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