] Bush said about 60,000 to 70,000 uniformed personnel
] would move from overseas to posts in the United States
] over the next decade.
]
] "Our service members will have more time on the home
] front," Bush said, outlining his plans in a speech before
] a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
]
] Bush said it makes no sense to continue an armed posture
] that was forged during the cold war, when the Soviet
] Union represented the nation's biggest threat. Terrorism,
] he said, is now the chief threat.
]
] He said the plan had been in the works for three years,
] and U.S. allies and Congress were consulted on it.
]
] The nation's commander in chief predicted the plan would
] result in stronger alliances and reduce the stress on
] U.S. troops and their families.
] ]
] Democrats criticized the move. In a statement released by
] the Democratic National Committee, retired Gen. Wesley
] Clark, a former presidential candidate, said the
] redeployment from Europe and Asia would "significantly
] undermine U.S. national security."
]
] "This ill-conceived move and its timing seem politically
] motivated rather than designed to strengthen our national
] security," Clark said.

This is full of so many contradictions, I don't know where to start. Someone explain to me how removing most of the 119,000 troops from NATO bases in Europe will result in "stronger alliances?" Don't we have senators fighting each other every year over military base closures, because they cause such economic drain? I bet the Germans are just going to love flying a battalion of troops to New Mexico for wargames. Now I'm not saying in this modern world we need 119,000 troops in Europe, but to claim this is anything other than a political move is total crap.

Further, what will these troops be used for? Because it makes "no sense" to keep them in Europe now that the Cold is over, and we must bring them to the US to fight the "chief threat," Terrorism.

Again, complete bullshit! I challenge someone to defend how grunt from the infantry is going to fight terrorsim. He isn't crunching intelligence data! Further, he is completely restricted by the Posse Comitatus Act from acting in any type of law enforcement capacity. So, yes, after a city is attacked, these troops, can, after a freaking act of Congress, help pick up the bodies.

This is shamefully political.

Bush: Moving Troops home to fight terrorism?