Heather Wokusch on US Troops in Germany

There's an unexpected front in the Bush administration's "war on terror" -- Germany. And the roughly 68,000 US troops stationed across the country often find themselves in the center of controversy over US foreign policy.

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News & Politics

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• military
• Germany
• US
• troops
• AWOL
• Iraq
• conscientious
• objector
• war

[NicoleJ85VA]

@SuperDieMaxx Really, man US has troops in more than 150! countries and that is a statistic from 2005! The US government always has and will get in everyone business, because that what yall known for.

Like Iraq, he was found and procecuded... what are they still doing there??? Leave them be... what would happen if Iraqies invaded the US??? WWIII, cuz, hell no... noone come to the US, but the asshole politicians take their right and go where ever the hell they want.

[Hectag]

Ok that is just stupid to say that Germany can't be trusted. 68,000 troops is just to many troops to be stationed there. This is ridicules, we need to take our troops out of Germany. I hate people who are ignorant about saying Germany is not to be trusted and that they are nazis.

[Pennell96]

@Hectag I agree, WW2 was in the 40's we are in in the 2000's now and we still have soldiers there, It is really a joke.

[bugstalker]

I was in the US army, In Germany, and was also deployed to the middle east. As someone who has been there - done that, I've got a very important comment to add to this video.

ALL (let me make this clear) EVERY SINGLE ONE - ALL US soldiers are VOLUNTEERS. There is no draft. If you volunteer to be a soldier, then the "conscientious objector" becomes a moot point. A soldier is a fighting man - a killer in battle. No questions asked. You can not object to something you volunteered for!

[Lintflas]

@TravisTCleveland

Never read so much uneducated bullshit on YouTube before. If you take a look at history, you'll find out that Germany never declared war on USA or Britain, because we never saw you as enemies. Deal with it!

[Lintflas]

I don't know a single German who feels occupied by US troops. Germans see them as friends, not as enemies. Of course there was controversy about Bushs war, but not only in Germany. In fact it was across Europe and the rest of the World.

If it's up to me, they can stay here forever. The post war relations between Germany and the USA are nothing but a wonderful story of success, and today our troops fight side by side in Afghanistan.

Greetings to our great allies in USA.

[TheWarriorchamp]

damm liberal

[dover357]

This woman is really an EXPERT!!! Wonder what country she is from???? Crap like this should NOT be allowed on You Tube.

[NicoleJ85VA]

They left a long time ago

[NicoleJ85VA]

@callofdutyguy9 and olderg0ds:

I understand that they have to stabelize and get them prepared. However, they first invaded in May 2003... now 7 years later they're still there?

Not everyone depends on the US. Just a crazy instance. What if Iraqies decide, hey we want barracks all over the US... oh hell no... the next step probably would be "more Terrorists" we have to kill them all.

That's what ya known for, not just my opinion.

[OlderG0ds]

So you suggest invading a country, taking out their military, overthrowing the leader, and just leaving after that ?

They had to stay there to stabilize the country. There is a kind of civil war going on already, then with insurgents and stuff they need troops to be there.