Reducing the Deficit

As an armchair critic from Canada (it's like having a ringside seat watching the Reps and the Dems duke it out), tax cuts are nothing compared to defense spending. Do you really think the US need to have all these troops worldwide?

(66,418 troops in Germany? for what? ... 53,360 troops in Japan? ... and where in the world is Diego Garcia? ... see the breakdown below). If the US bring home the troops, that would take care of the deficit.) And you think there are more US military personnel in Afghanistan?

source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/deploy.htm

And not even one US military personnel in the Philippines after making their
presence there since the beginning of time ... well, after Aguinaldo.

(Of course, this list doesn't count the covert moles operating worldwide which would balloon the count to twice or more as listed here).


United States
133,000 ~370,000

Iraq-OIF (CENTCOM)
66,418

Germany (EUCOM)
53,360

Japan (PACOM)
30,983

South Korea (PACOM)
25,250

Kuwait-OIF (CENTCOM)
19,500

Afghanistan-OEF (CENTCOM)
11,841

Italy (EUCOM)
10,346


United Kingdom (EUCOM)
3,018

Guam (PACOM)
1,942

Spain (EUCOM)
1,801

Serbia (EUCOM)
1,866

Iceland (NORTHCOM)
1,763

Turkey (EUCOM)
1,641

Bahrain (CENTCOM)
1,366

Belgium (EUCOM)
1,200

Djibouti (CENTCOM)
962

Portugal (EUCOM)
773

Diego Garcia (PACOM)
701

Cuba (NORTHCOM)
583

Netherlands (EUCOM)
463

Qatar (CENTCOM)
436

Honduras (SOUTHCOM)
428

Greece (EUCOM)
254

Thailand (PACOM)
196

Australia (PACOM)
179

Puerto Rico (USNORTHCOM)
163

Singapore (PACOM)
71

Norway (EUCOM)
53

Pakistan-OEF (CENTCOM)
45

UAE (CENTCOM)
24

Oman (CENTCOM)
4

Wake Island (PACOM)
1

American Samoa (PACOM)
1

Northern Marianas Islands(PACOM)
1

US Virgin Islands(USNORTHCOM)
Me

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