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Originally Posted by kingofbeer
We put our troops there because it benefits US interests over the entire world.
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The only legitmate interests we had was to protect foreign sources of oil when we were not energy self sufficient.
We have absolutely no reason to have troops in Europe.
In 2014, Europe spent 1.3% of GDP, while we spent 3.7%. It has only been recently that they have boosted spending.