As the cynical Henry Kissinger so aptly noted, it’s often more dangerous being America’s ally than its enemy.
Once defeated, America’s enemies often get large amounts of money and easy access to North America’s vast market, assuring they will stay within the U.S. co-prosperity sphere. Just look, for good example, at postwar Germany, Japan, and formerly Japanese-ruled South Korea. Arabs are excepted from this golden rule.
On the other hand, consider such faithful former U.S. allies as South Vietnam, the anticommunist UNITA forces in Angola, former Zaire leader Mobutu Sese Seko, the late Shah of Iran, Egypt’s deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, and …read more
Source: The American Conservative
