Actually I’m not necessarily arguing one direction or the other. To be honest, at this point I don’t think the US or Europe truly benefits from a US military presence over there (at least since the mid-late 90s). As an American, I’d be happy if we didn’t have much beyond an embassy level presence pretty much anywhere. I even say this as a military kid who enjoyed the best times of my life living in Europe on US bases.

It just seemed odd to me that it came off as one sided in the comment. As if the favor was entirely from Belgium to the US.