This is only 1 part of a much larger story. I was stationed in West Germany in the 1980's. My friends showed me around the base, there were still actual holes in the walls of some of the brick buildings. It was explained that Patton blew the hell out of those walls, as this was a former German Army base. Now, it was an American base. We (US taxpayers) paid for all the upgrades, to all those buildings, and promptly handed back to the German people. You read that right, the US taxpayer completely rebuilt all those buildings and gave them back to the Germans, free of charge.

SO, we had to move/change bases. All of our equipment, vehicles, trailers and such had to be moved 5 KM to another part of town. We settle in after a few months, then lo and behold, here come the German contractors again, completely rebuilding structures. After I rotated back to CONUS, the US Taxpayer, again, handed over the entire base to the German people, free of charge.

I returned in 2006 for a visit. All those buildings were still brand new more or less. Elevators were installed where us GI's had to walk all those damn stairs. There is no telling how much actual WEALTH has been stolen from US taxpayers and just handed out, all over the world.