What is going on with the government of Germany that they support a foreign military occupation of their country, and view ending this occupation as a “punishment”?

Do they have Stockholm syndrome?

Or are government officials simply shills for the occupying power?

Newsweek:

A German official has told Newsweek that Berlin hopes President-elect Joe Biden will reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops and relocate the U.S. military’s European headquarters.

The official said Trump’s move in July came as a surprise, and appeared to be punitive.

“We learned about this only through leaks,” the official said, “and the motive behind it was apparently to punish us for not spending enough on defense.”

The traditionally robot transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Europe was severely tested under the Trump administration, and Germany, in particular, bore the brunt of criticism for not falling directly in line with the White House’s plans.

The contribution goal to the common defense for member nations of the 30-member NATO Western military alliance is 2% of gross domestic product (GDP). In its most recent reporting, Germany came in at about 1.5%.

Trump has repeatedly criticized Germany over its level of contribution to NATO. In July, he announced he would withdraw 12,000 U.S. troops deployed in Germany. Additionally, he declared his intention to relocate the headquarters of the U.S. European Command from Stuttgart, Germany to Mons, Belgium, where NATO’s Supreme Allied Headquarters Europe (SHAPE) is located.

Presumably, the German people should be the ones to decide whether or not they want tens of thousands of foreign troops in their country to make sure they don’t all of a sudden turn into Nazis and start gassing Jews.

But even if they do want that, the American people should not be forced to pay for it.

It is none of the concern of me or my countrymen whether or not the Germans go on a Jew-gassing rampage, and we should not be forced to pay trillions of dollars to stop them from doing that.

But maybe they just want our blacks to be over there having sex with their Aryan women?

Well, Germans – you can get your own blacks.

We need these blacks at home, having sex with our own Aryan women.

Or wait, no – actually, you can keep the blacks.

Even if and when Donald Trump wins, I think Germany should be able to keep the blacks if they need them to have sex with their Aryan women.

But we’re not paying for that. Germany is going to have to pay these blacks themselves.

The people are celebrating in the streets because Mike Pompeo and friends have finally liberated them from the clutches of the bad guys. I mean, that’s what they told us would happen, right?

Anyways, let’s just forget about the details and just look at the happy crowds!

RT:

A massive demonstration –called for by a prominent Shia cleric– has flooded the streets of the Iraq’s capital Baghdad, with thousands voicing their anger at the US military presence there.

Early on Friday morning, throngs of protesters – men and women, young and old – began amassing at al-Hurriya Square in central Baghdad, near the city’s main university. The anti-America rally, dubbed the “Million-man March,” was called by Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric.

Some were wearing white robes, symbolizing their readiness to die for a religious cause, while others were pictured holding signs that read: “To the families of American soldiers – insist on the withdrawal of [your] sons from our country or prepare their coffins!”

What they are really trying to say is that they appreciate all of the Humans Right Democracy that the US has brought to their country and want more of it, please.

Jokes aside, Iraq is about to go up in flames.

This protest is a line in the sand moment, but for the Iraqis. We have yet another million-man march, right on the heels of the million-man march in Iran following the death of the good Colonel. If this doesn’t show some sort of consensus in the region, I don’t know what does.

Pictures from the Baghdad anti-US protest https://t.co/obqmecxSS0

— Mazen Mahdi (@MazenMahdi) January 24, 2020

And as everyone knows, the rebellion in Fallujah began because an Iraqi assassin failed to land a shoe throw at President Bush.

Had that shoe landed, history may have taken a different turn. But it missed and the Iraqis had to turn things up a notch. The rest is history: the marines were expelled and then sent back in to level Fallujah to the ground. Then the Iraq war entered a bloody period of insurgency that it never really fully worked its way out of.

Aside from triggering a flare-up of military tensions and a retaliatory Iranian strike on US bases in Iraq, the killing sparked outrage among those Iraqis who see the 16-year American troop presence in their country as an unlawful occupation.

Official Baghdad, for its part, blamed Washington for breaching its sovereignty, with the lawmakers of the Islamic republic having passed a non-binding resolution calling on the government to expel all foreign troops from the country.

US media has suggested that the Pentagon was planning the withdrawal of its 5,000 troops from Iraq, but these reports were officially refuted afterwards.

And now we see the signs of a new insurgency brewing. The shoe – the sacred war symbol of the sand-people – has made its appearance again. It is unmistakable.

When the shoe is shown, it means that the soldiers will fight to the death to rid their country of its foreign oppressor.

Donald Trump has been warned.