Now, the truth starts to emerge from some of the veterans..

[SteelCitySouth]

(09-22-2015, 01:16 PM)bfine32 Wrote: And I would love for the presence we have in Europe and Asia to be shifted to the Middle East. 

The above point you made would be a discussion of the current presence of the US military in counties such as Germany and Japan

(09-22-2015, 01:27 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: And so we do that.  The problem?...What is the long term goal?  Outside of Israel, name a middle eastern country we have had success with nation building, or regime change.  Our presence in Germany is not due to Germany.  Our presence in Japan and South Korea isn't due to them.

I engaged in that conversation with the above post providing a reason why we do not shift our "current" presence  from such countries to the Middle East.