May I ask naive questions?
What the point of bringing all these 43000 personnels home (with at least their hand weapons) and sacrifice what is left of available ressources simply to demobilize them and, then, throw them out, barehands, in the mess that has become the USA?
If something can be granted to Milgov is that it always did its best to keep its troops alive and back home? Why would it, as a final act, sacrifices all these same troops?
Back to 1940. Belgian soldiers in France were taken into custody in the region of Camargue (St Marie de la Mer). Although, the Belgian troops where deprive of all weapons (Belgium already capitulated), it was planned to use them to manage supplies (until France in turn capitulated).
Also in 1940, 10,000 French troops had been brought to UK after Dunkirk. The British government wanted to throw them out. The new Free French authorities negociated the right to ask them to stay and fight: 400 accepted while the others left for France. In the meantime, British troops that had been brought back from Dunkirk (with much less than 100kg of gears) were immediately issued new assignments; UK still had a war to fight and its homeland to defend.
In 2000, Milgov still has a war to fight and its homeland to defend.
