Poland Hails US Troop Relocation, Nearly Half of Germans Happy They’re Leaving

TIRANA – US decision to build new military bases in Poland is the “crowning glory” of the Polish government’s foreign and defence policy, Polish defence minister Mariusz Błaszczak said Tuesday as quoted by EUobserver on Wednesday.
The US intelligence, infantry, and aviation facilities are to be staffed by some 1,000 troops on a “rotational” basis, but Błaszczak said it meant an “enduring” US presence. The Russia-deterrent forces will join 4,500 US soldiers already on rotation in Poland.
In the meantime a survey by pollster YouGov for the DPA news agency revealed that some 47 percent of Germans are happy the US is pulling 12,000 soldiers out of Germany. Some 25 percent would like all US soldiers to leave.
Some 66 percent also wanted the US to remove nuclear weapons from Germany. The poll came after US president Donald Trump said he was pulling troops to punish Germany on defence spending.//argumentum.al