Kulture
Whilst Nint… makes a valid point, there are differences across Germany, S Korea and Japan but I will focus on 4ATAF thru{ a Ramstein USAF and Stuttgart USA lens. There is enough evidence now of inter-community marriages (including same sex) where US PAX and national spouses have raised their own families now spanning two generations. It is not the presence of threat in a CT lens but the reality of living amongst the ‘natives.’ IVO Ramstein there are around 55 000 people who have lived together with about 10% ‘in front of the wire’ creating harmony. When they choose to (or have to because of the threat) live behind the wire then there is no ‘Kultural Exchange’ and they are an army of occupation as has been the case for every Mongul, British, Soviet and US intervention in Afghanistan. If we chose to ignore the lessons of history then we are destined to repeat them :-( Rear Adm Westbrook makes the case thru’ a different lens in the Times yesterday but nails it - in every intervention there is a difference between the exit strategy decided by the politicians who do not have bottomless pits of money, and end state that has never been articulated well since DESERT SHIELD/STORM that was known as the Generals’ war as they all had their @sses kicked in ‘nam when they were there. History will not be kind to us for our adventures in Iraq, (Yugoslavia - discuss), Afghanistan, Libya and Syria.