America collects allies like Americans collect Facebook friends. The more the better appears to be the view. As a result, Washington defends more than a score of prosperous European states, several leading Asian nations, and a gaggle of Middle Eastern regimes.
Yet most of the countries on the Pentagon dole appear to be perpetually unhappy, constantly complaining that America doesn’t love them enough and demanding reassurance that Washington without hesitation will sacrifice ever more of its peoples’ lives as well as money on their behalf. Their sense of entitlement exceeds that of the average trust fund baby: the U.S., not them, …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
