Pentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe

consumer451 27 points 4 comments September 18, 2026
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MadrasTh0rn

Elon Thiel Trump Vance Johnson Jeffries about to break NATO They're also pushing dsa dems in the midterms where dsa's party position is to end nato. To be clear the US dollar will never survive petrodollar and NATO dissolving. The goon white house bending to russian demands needs to be removed

defrost

Tangentially related: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is being accused of running away from a bipartisan effort to hold an impeachment vote on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), the Republican driver of that effort, accused House GOP leadership of sending lawmakers back to their districts early in order to avoid a vote on his resolution to impeach Hegseth. ~ https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/johnson-hegseth-midterms

anon48293

That sounds like a brilliant idea. First get all your bases in the Middle East destroyed, then pull out of Europe. And there goes your global power projection.

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