The big shuffle of American forces.

NYT: A Pentagon Plan Would Cut Back G.I.'s in Germany

The Pentagon has proposed a plan to withdraw its two Army divisions from Germany and undertake an array of other changes in its European-based forces, in the most significant rearrangement of the American military around the world since the beginning of the cold war, according to American and allied officials.

This is overdue, the United States in a new war and needs to shift her forces to deal with it, but not without talking to the allies she will depend on.

Korea Herald: Signs of friction in South Korea-U.S. alliance

The Pentagon under Donald Rumsfeld has been so single-mindedly pursuing the transformation of the U.S. military into a leaner, meaner, more mobile force that they have proceeded without adequate consultation and input from allies. Similarly, Gen. Campbell's impolitic remarks revealing intentions to expand the role of U.S. Forces Korea beyond the Korean Peninsula were totally insensitive to the fact that any redefinition of roles requires the consent of the Koreans.

-HJC