I know quite a lof of Germans that want them to be closed.
Local politicians are usually not among them for the reasons you stated but instances of US military are not exactly admired these days and tolerated at best.
There is also a group of people that considers Germany not sovereign and still US-occupied territory.
Googling for "Deutschland Souveräner Staat" brings up some 75k hits and the top 10 are all related to this very question. I doubt these people are in favor of "US occupation"
Well, sure there are quite a few people that are very critical of the US and some go as far as wanting to see theses bases go, but they are a minority.
There is also no political party (worth mentioning) that has any interest in getting rid of them and there isn't any discussion of the topic in the media either.
I don't see at all how it matters that there are conspiracy theorists who believe Germany not to be a sovereign state.
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I know quite a lof of Germans that want them to be closed.
Local politicians are usually not among them for the reasons you stated but instances of US military are not exactly admired these days and tolerated at best.
There is also a group of people that considers Germany not sovereign and still US-occupied territory. Googling for "Deutschland Souveräner Staat" brings up some 75k hits and the top 10 are all related to this very question. I doubt these people are in favor of "US occupation"
Well, sure there are quite a few people that are very critical of the US and some go as far as wanting to see theses bases go, but they are a minority.
There is also no political party (worth mentioning) that has any interest in getting rid of them and there isn't any discussion of the topic in the media either.
I don't see at all how it matters that there are conspiracy theorists who believe Germany not to be a sovereign state.