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Originally Posted by DWarrior
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I think the reason the US has troops in Germany is not for occupation, but because part of the deal was that Germany isn't allowed to have a standing army, so it has other countries defending it. The US has stationed troops in different countries, not necessarily because of occupation.
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We do have a standing Army and have had it since 1955 but yes initially after WWII we weren't allowed to and I could imagine also didn't want to have one.
I think the US still has troops here because you still like to keep a close personal eye on Russia from the side that Palin isn't guarding
