You really can't think about it as overstretched...these troops are in prime locations for deployment and it puts them closer to where things may occur. During Desert Storm, a majority of planes routed through these places and so were troops. Makes for quicker response and mobilization. If all were in the U.S. and something broke out in Syria, we would shend so much more time and $$ getting people over there. As it stands, Europe is closer to the Middle East than we are...
