Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

[petros]

Analysts and congressional aides said they expect Trump to either ‌notify Congress that he plans a 30-day extension or disregard the deadline, with his administration arguing that a current ceasefire with Tehran marked an end to the conflict in order to bypass Congress again.

Pivotal US-Iran war deadline approaches with no end in sight for conflict — Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, but the date is most likely to pass without altering the course of a conflict that has lapsed into a standoff over shipping routes.

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That’s a good question. Who is Trump negotiating with on behalf of Iran? No idea for either question.

He’s probably hiding behind a tree, scheming.

He's not though. He's the reason Iran will never flex

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

It would seem that the Donald has got himself in a bit of trouble, but no worries, he has seen trouble before, and there's always something to change the channel. Looks like XL Keystone or a new version is being proposed. They better build it fast before the democrats get back in and cancel it again.

 

[pgs]

It would seem that the Donald has got himself in a bit of trouble, but no worries, he has seen trouble before, and there's always something to change the channel. Looks like XL Keystone or a new version is being proposed. They better build it fast before the democrats get back in and cancel it again.

You give him to much credit . In 2 1/2 years if not sooner he will be gone and a new boogeyman will take over .

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

You give him to much credit . In 2 1/2 years if not sooner he will be gone and a new boogeyman will take over .

I'm actually thinking in those terms. Two and a half years is a long time in today's politics.

 

[Ron in Regina]

U.S. President Donald Trump criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war ‌in Iran on Tuesday, a day after Merz said the Iranians were humiliating the United States in talks to end it.

President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was considering pulling some U.S. troops out of Germany stunned defense officials, who scrambled to figure out if the president was serious about following through on his threats this time.

"The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz (& the Pope), thinks it’s ⁠OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He (they?) doesn’t know what he’s (they’re?) talking about!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, mischaracterizing Merz's position. Merz has said Iran must not have a nuclear weapon.

Trump hits back at German chancellor after Iran criticism — Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war ‌in Iran on Tuesday, a day after Merz said the Iranians were humiliating the United States in talks to end it.

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So…how’s Trump gonna strike out at the Vatican (?) or has that already happened & got lost in the noise? Anyway, Trump’s social media post was the first that many had heard of a potential new push to take hundreds, if not thousands, of American troops out of Germany, according to three defense officials. It strongly contrasts a recently concluded monthslong review of the Pentagon’s global troop footprint, which did not call for major pullbacks from Europe.

Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon — POLITICO

The Defense Department "was not expecting it," a congressional aide said.

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The Pentagon “was not expecting it and has not been planning any kind of drawdown,” said a congressional aide familiar with the situation. “But we have to take him seriously because he was serious about it during his first administration,” referring to Trump’s July 2020 order to pull 12,000 U.S. troops out of Germany that was never implemented.

While previous threats from Trump have not come to fruition, he’s ratcheted up his anti-European rhetoric in his second term, from threatening to pull out of NATO due to allies’ failure to join the Iran war to warning he might seize Greenland.

“Trump’s policy of crude threats has reached its limits,” said a German official. “His rhetoric has worn thin. Withdrawing U.S. troops from Germany would severely weaken the U.S. itself, and we wonder when the adults in D.C. plan to step back into the spotlight.” Executing a snap withdrawal of American forces from Germany would be difficult for a Pentagon already embroiled in an ongoing war in Iran.

Some US troops cite benefits of Germany presence as Trump threatens pullback — Reuters

At a U.S Army training facility in Germany on Thursday, some senior officers highlighted the benefits of American presence in the country, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ‌was reviewing whether to reduce troop numbers in the country.

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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he didn’t think U.S. policy in Europe had shifted. The president “was responding back to some comments made, I suspect, by some German officials,” said Rounds, who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I'm looking more at his actual actions, as opposed to the comments he's making in the public.”

Opinion | The costs of Trump’s contempt are starting to show — The Washington Post

From Europe to Asia, governments are hedging against unreliable and erratic U.S. power.

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[petros]

President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was considering pulling some U.S. troops out of Germany stunned defense officials, who scrambled to figure out if the president was serious about following through on his threats this time.

So…how’s Trump gonna strike out at the Vatican (?) or has that already happened & got lost in the noise? Anyway, Trump’s social media post was the first that many had heard of a potential new push to take hundreds, if not thousands, of American troops out of Germany, according to three defense officials. It strongly contrasts a recently concluded monthslong review of the Pentagon’s global troop footprint, which did not call for major pullbacks from Europe.

Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon — POLITICO

The Defense Department "was not expecting it," a congressional aide said.

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The Pentagon “was not expecting it and has not been planning any kind of drawdown,” said a congressional aide familiar with the situation. “But we have to take him seriously because he was serious about it during his first administration,” referring to Trump’s July 2020 order to pull 12,000 U.S. troops out of Germany that was never implemented.
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While previous threats from Trump have not come to fruition, he’s ratcheted up his anti-European rhetoric in his second term, from threatening to pull out of NATO due to allies’ failure to join the Iran war to warning he might seize Greenland.

“Trump’s policy of crude threats has reached its limits,” said a German official. “His rhetoric has worn thin. Withdrawing U.S. troops from Germany would severely weaken the U.S. itself, and we wonder when the adults in D.C. plan to step back into the spotlight.” Executing a snap withdrawal of American forces from Germany would be difficult for a Pentagon already embroiled in an ongoing war in Iran.

Some US troops cite benefits of Germany presence as Trump threatens pullback — Reuters

At a U.S Army training facility in Germany on Thursday, some senior officers highlighted the benefits of American presence in the country, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ‌was reviewing whether to reduce troop numbers in the country.

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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he didn’t think U.S. policy in Europe had shifted. The president “was responding back to some comments made, I suspect, by some German officials,” said Rounds, who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I'm looking more at his actual actions, as opposed to the comments he's making in the public.”

Opinion | The costs of Trump’s contempt are starting to show — The Washington Post

From Europe to Asia, governments are hedging against unreliable and erratic U.S. power.

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If your ETFs are in bonds or money markets GTFO of anything USD. The Petro Dollar is done.

 

[pgs]

President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was considering pulling some U.S. troops out of Germany stunned defense officials, who scrambled to figure out if the president was serious about following through on his threats this time.

So…how’s Trump gonna strike out at the Vatican (?) or has that already happened & got lost in the noise? Anyway, Trump’s social media post was the first that many had heard of a potential new push to take hundreds, if not thousands, of American troops out of Germany, according to three defense officials. It strongly contrasts a recently concluded monthslong review of the Pentagon’s global troop footprint, which did not call for major pullbacks from Europe.

Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon — POLITICO

The Defense Department "was not expecting it," a congressional aide said.

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The Pentagon “was not expecting it and has not been planning any kind of drawdown,” said a congressional aide familiar with the situation. “But we have to take him seriously because he was serious about it during his first administration,” referring to Trump’s July 2020 order to pull 12,000 U.S. troops out of Germany that was never implemented.
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While previous threats from Trump have not come to fruition, he’s ratcheted up his anti-European rhetoric in his second term, from threatening to pull out of NATO due to allies’ failure to join the Iran war to warning he might seize Greenland.

“Trump’s policy of crude threats has reached its limits,” said a German official. “His rhetoric has worn thin. Withdrawing U.S. troops from Germany would severely weaken the U.S. itself, and we wonder when the adults in D.C. plan to step back into the spotlight.” Executing a snap withdrawal of American forces from Germany would be difficult for a Pentagon already embroiled in an ongoing war in Iran.

Some US troops cite benefits of Germany presence as Trump threatens pullback — Reuters

At a U.S Army training facility in Germany on Thursday, some senior officers highlighted the benefits of American presence in the country, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ‌was reviewing whether to reduce troop numbers in the country.

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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he didn’t think U.S. policy in Europe had shifted. The president “was responding back to some comments made, I suspect, by some German officials,” said Rounds, who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I'm looking more at his actual actions, as opposed to the comments he's making in the public.”

Opinion | The costs of Trump’s contempt are starting to show — The Washington Post

From Europe to Asia, governments are hedging against unreliable and erratic U.S. power.

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Sounds good , NATO out lived it’s usefulness when the Soviet Union fell apart . The Russians are no longer a threat to Europe and NATO has evolved into another self perpetuating bureaucracy. Shit the Russians can’t handle Ukraine how would they do in Germany ?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Tehran has submitted its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States, Iranian state media and a Pakistani official said on Friday, a move that could offer hope for breaking a deadlock in efforts to end the Iran war.

The official, involved in ‌Pakistani mediation over the war, said Pakistan had received the proposal late on Thursday and had forwarded it to the U.S.

Neither the official nor Iranian state news agency IRNA gave details, and the White House declined to comment, while saying negotiations continued. Global oil prices, which remain well above $100 a barrel, eased following news of the proposal. That is all.

Trump says he's not satisfied with Iran's latest proposal for talks — Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was not satisfied with the latest Iranian proposal for talks on the Iran war, while Iran's foreign minister said Tehran was ready for diplomacy if the United ‌States changes its approach.

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[Taxslave2]

Sounds good , NATO out lived it’s usefulness when the Soviet Union fell apart . The Russians are no longer a threat to Europe and NATO has evolved into another self perpetuating bureaucracy. Shit the Russians can’t handle Ukraine how would they do in Germany ?

My bet is Russians would do a lot better in Germany than they have in Ukraine. Germany has become soft and compliant. If Pooh tin told Germany that he was a green bean, they would hold the gates open for his tanks. AS long as they are electric tanks, of course.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Neither the official nor Iranian state news agency IRNA gave details, and the White House declined to comment, while saying negotiations continued. Global oil prices, which remain well above $100 a barrel, eased following news of the proposal. That is all.

Whatever it was, or wasn’t. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was not satisfied with the latest Iranian proposal for talks on the Iran war, while Iran's foreign minister said Tehran was ready for diplomacy if the United ‌States changes its approach.

Trump says he's not satisfied with Iran's latest proposal for talks — Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was not satisfied with the latest Iranian proposal for talks on the Iran war, while Iran's foreign minister said Tehran was ready for diplomacy if the United ‌States changes its approach.

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said his country was ready to pursue diplomacy if the United States changes what he called its "excessive approach, threatening rhetoric and provocative actions."

"They want to make a deal, but ... I'm not satisfied with it," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on a trip to Florida, adding that the Iranian leadership was "very disjointed" and split into two or three groups.

Trump has repeated that Iran will not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, and that the price of gasoline - an important concern for his Republican Party before midterm elections in November - would drop sharply as soon as the war ended.

Iran has long demanded that the United States acknowledge its right to enrich uranium, ⁠which Tehran says it seeks only for peaceful purposes but which Western powers say is aimed at building nuclear weapons, so same old etc…

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Well, I'm not satisfied that it's a damn Korean machine doing the work!

 

[Taxslave2]

Well, I'm not satisfied that it's a damn Korean machine doing the work!

DO you want something that works? Or just has a Made in USA sticker?
It is Japanese. You know the little island you guys nuked?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

DO you want something that works? Or just has a Made in USA sticker?
It is Japanese. You know the little island you guys nuked?

Yeah, without any help from you assholes.

As an historical matter, it's worth noting that both Britain and the U.S. considered Canaduh as a good source of warm bodies, but not to be trusted to be effective in the brainpower department, in WWII.

 

[Ron in Regina]

“Trump’s policy of crude threats has reached its limits,” said a German official. “His rhetoric has worn thin. Withdrawing U.S. troops from Germany would severely weaken the U.S. itself, and we wonder when the adults in D.C. plan to step back into the spotlight.”

With more than 36,000 U.S. troops in the country, Germany is the biggest American military hub in Europe and has been used by the U.S. to project power in the Middle East. Bases in the country have served as key logistics hubs and fueling stops for Operation Epic Fury, as the U.S. military campaign against Iran is known.

Executing a snap withdrawal of American forces from Germany would be difficult for a Pentagon already embroiled in an ongoing war in Iran.

The timing of the Trump administration’s announcement took European nations and even some U.S. military officials by surprise, according to people familiar with some of the planning.

President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany, escalating his clash with Berlin and NATO defence alliance allies over their reluctance to support the offensive war in Iran, officials said Friday.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he didn’t think U.S. policy in Europe had shifted. The president “was responding back to some comments made, I suspect, by some German officials,” said Rounds, who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I'm looking more at his actual actions, as opposed to the comments he's making in the public.”

The announcement also comes as the U.S. seeks to build an international coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has previously called on (asked, or demanded?) European countries to do more to facilitate the movement of ships through the narrow waterway, which Iran has blocked since the start of the war with attacks and demands.

Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Germany after Chancellor says US 'humiliated' by Iran — LBC

President Donald Trump has threatened to remove American troops from Germany after the Chancellor said the US was being "humiliated" by Iran.

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President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was considering pulling some U.S. troops out of Germany stunned defense officials, who scrambled to figure out if the president was serious about following through on his threats this time.

“This decision follows a thorough review (in the last two days?) of the Department’s force posture in Europe,” said Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman. “We expect the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to twelve months” leaving a large enough window to backpedal through.

The U.S. has about 85,000 troops in Europe, including the USS Gerald R. Ford battlegroup, which has been in the Mediterranean…because Switzerland and Austria?

Germany hosts major U.S. infrastructure including Ramstein Air Base, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command headquarters, as well as Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest American military hospital outside the U.S., which has treated casualties from the conflict with Iran.

Trump has also threatened to withdraw troops from Spain and Italy. He has complained that Spain isn’t spending enough on its military and has been angered by the country’s refusal to allow its bases to be used for the American offensive military campaign against Iran.

Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the White House was considering a plan to punish some NATO members who Trump deemed unhelpful to the U.S. (and Israel) during the Iran war. Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican and a retired Air Force brigadier general, said the decision undermines U.S. efforts to strengthen relationships with allies. “I think it weakens NATO. Russia likes it. It seems like a knee-jerk reaction,” he said.

Trump Orders the Withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. Troops From Germany — The Wall Street Journal

The move comes after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the U.S. president’s handling of the war in Iran

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[pgs]

With more than 36,000 U.S. troops in the country, Germany is the biggest American military hub in Europe and has been used by the U.S. to project power in the Middle East. Bases in the country have served as key logistics hubs and fueling stops for Operation Epic Fury, as the U.S. military campaign against Iran is known.

The timing of the Trump administration’s announcement took European nations and even some U.S. military officials by surprise, according to people familiar with some of the planning.
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President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany, escalating his clash with Berlin and NATO defence alliance allies over their reluctance to support the offensive war in Iran, officials said Friday.

The announcement also comes as the U.S. seeks to build an international coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has previously called on (asked, or demanded?) European countries to do more to facilitate the movement of ships through the narrow waterway, which Iran has blocked since the start of the war with attacks and demands.

Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Germany after Chancellor says US 'humiliated' by Iran — LBC

President Donald Trump has threatened to remove American troops from Germany after the Chancellor said the US was being "humiliated" by Iran.

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“This decision follows a thorough review (in the last two days?) of the Department’s force posture in Europe,” said Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman. “We expect the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to twelve months” leaving a large enough window to backpedal through.
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The U.S. has about 85,000 troops in Europe, including the USS Gerald R. Ford battlegroup, which has been in the Mediterranean…because Switzerland and Austria?
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Germany hosts major U.S. infrastructure including Ramstein Air Base, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command headquarters, as well as Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest American military hospital outside the U.S., which has treated casualties from the conflict with Iran.
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Trump has also threatened to withdraw troops from Spain and Italy. He has complained that Spain isn’t spending enough on its military and has been angered by the country’s refusal to allow its bases to be used for the American offensive military campaign against Iran.

Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the White House was considering a plan to punish some NATO members who Trump deemed unhelpful to the U.S. (and Israel) during the Iran war. Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican and a retired Air Force brigadier general, said the decision undermines U.S. efforts to strengthen relationships with allies. “I think it weakens NATO. Russia likes it. It seems like a knee-jerk reaction,” he said.

Trump Orders the Withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. Troops From Germany — The Wall Street Journal

The move comes after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the U.S. president’s handling of the war in Iran

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Good .

 

[Ron in Regina]

Good .

I hear you. What would a retired Air Force brigadier general know about military decisions that undermine U.S. efforts to strengthen relationships with allies compared to Donald Trump with his also vast military background?

Don Bacon is a retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General (and Republican politician) who has represented Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Serving nearly 30 years in the Air Force (1985–2014), he specialized in intelligence and electronic warfare, commanding units at the wing level before entering Congress, where he focuses on defense and national security.

He Commanded the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, and the 435th Air Base Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and deployed four times to the Middle East, including serving as an expeditionary squadron commander in Iraq. Some of his education includes 1986 Officer Intelligence School (Distinguished Graduate), Lowry AFB, Colo. 1989 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1991 Navigator/Electronic Warfare School (Distinguished Graduate), Mather AFB, Calif. 1995 Masters degree in management, University of Phoenix, Ariz. 1998 Air Command and Staff College (Distinguished Graduate), Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2000 Air War College Seminar (Excellent Graduate), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C…but what would he know compared to Donald Trump?

(It’s not like Donald Trump has no military experience, and he did achieve the rank of cadet captain. While not serving, he expressed in 2015 that his time at military boarding school from 8th grade through high school graduation gave him "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military")

Why wouldn’t the NATO defence alliance allies snap to attention and not blindly jump at the order (not request) to support the offensive war in Iran, that they were not consulted on or informed of before America and Israel attacked it on Feb 28th? They should know better than to question their King, right?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Oh, good! Put Germany in a position where they feel they need to militarize!

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[pgs]

I hear you. What would a retired Air Force brigadier general know about military decisions that undermine U.S. efforts to strengthen relationships with allies compared to Donald Trump with his also vast military background?

Don Bacon is a retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General (and Republican politician) who has represented Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Serving nearly 30 years in the Air Force (1985–2014), he specialized in intelligence and electronic warfare, commanding units at the wing level before entering Congress, where he focuses on defense and national security.

He Commanded the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, and the 435th Air Base Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and deployed four times to the Middle East, including serving as an expeditionary squadron commander in Iraq. Some of his education includes 1986 Officer Intelligence School (Distinguished Graduate), Lowry AFB, Colo. 1989 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1991 Navigator/Electronic Warfare School (Distinguished Graduate), Mather AFB, Calif. 1995 Masters degree in management, University of Phoenix, Ariz. 1998 Air Command and Staff College (Distinguished Graduate), Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2000 Air War College Seminar (Excellent Graduate), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C…but what would he know compared to Donald Trump?

(It’s not like Donald Trump has no military experience, and he did achieve the rank of cadet captain. While not serving, he expressed in 2015 that his time at military boarding school from 8th grade through high school graduation gave him "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military")

Why wouldn’t the NATO defence alliance allies snap to attention and not blindly jump at the order (not request) to support the offensive war in Iran, that they were not consulted on or informed of before America and Israel attacked it on Feb 28th? They should know better than to question their King, right?

Seems to me a perfect example of why NATO should be disbanded . Here you present an example of bureaucracy in action . An airman with REMF written all over , who cares what he says . America and Canada can and should leave Europe to their own devices . If they need bailing out again we can always go back .

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Seems to me a perfect example of why NATO should be disbanded . Here you present an example of bureaucracy in action . An airman with REMF written all over , who cares what he says . America and Canada can and should leave Europe to their own devices . If they need bailing out again we can always go back .

Yep. Like Eisenhower.

 

[Taxslave2]

American forces were originally place in Germany and other European countries to protect Western Europe from Russian dominance. It seems Germany, or at least their leadership are not worried about being overrun by Russian tanks. Most of them don't even care that Ukraine is in danger of becoming a Russian serfdom again. Their only concern about US troops leaving is the big hole in their economy the loss of US money will cause.