U.S. Base Closures Cause Jitters Abroad

Yeah, now.

While the United States works out its biggest set of domestic military base closures in decades, countries from Germany to South Korea are bracing for a major restructuring as well, with new hosts being courted and as many as 70,000 U.S. troops expected to head home over the next decade.

It's about time.

Lt. Gen. Charles Campbell, chief of staff for U.S. Forces Korea, said last month the American military would lay off up to 1,000 Korean workers, about 10 percent of the total, and cut contracts for services by up to 20 percent over the next two years.

Some 1,000 workers and their supporters protested outside Yongsan base, in central Seoul, earlier this month and the Korean Employers Union said it will hold a larger rally on June 3 if the United States does not repeal its plan for layoffs. (Thanks Yahoo! News)

Yankee go home! What? You're actually leaving? And you're taking money and jobs and security too? No! Wait! How can the imperialist warmonger CuriousGeorge BushMonkey do this to us, America's faithful allies?