Time to get out of Afghanistan... and Germany, Korea, Japan, Italy, Britain, Turkey, Bahrain...

President Obama, bring our troops (citizens) home. What need -- or right -- does our nation have in having a military presence in over 100 countries around the globe? Iraq 140,000; Afghanistan 45,000; Germany 57,000; South Korea 27,000; Japan 32,000; Italy 10,000; Britain 9000; Bahrain 1500; and so on.

How would Americans feel if there were a military presence of over 100 nations from around the world in our country? Flying their planes over our homes?

America's infrastructure is crumbling, our debt climbing. Our education system is failing our youth in many critical areas such as math, science and engineering. A side effect of cancer or getting sick in America is too often bankruptcy. In other words we have plenty that needs to be done here rather than sending our citizens out on global patrol that isn't wanted, isn't needed and isn't appreciated.

So President Obama if you have four years or eight years, before you leave office, as commander-in-chief please bring ALL Americans troops back to American soil. We don't want foreign troops on our soil, and other nations across the globe don't want foreign troops on their lands. We can't afford to continue this policy and I believe in the ethics of reciprocity, the golden rule, and I believe this policy is contrary to that.

We, as a nation, have allowed this policy of a global military presence to continue year after year because we can, not because it's right. It's now time to get it right, not just out of respect for other nations on earth, but for our own self interest.

-- cross posted to Daily Kos and various other media outlets