Originally Posted by
Hangarless
td, I think they are still fast asleep and blissfully dreaming that it is Americas job to defend them.
That's the kind of comment that invalidates most of your statements and comments. No one in Europe thinks it's America's job to defend them. Europe in general is very aware and grateful for the intervention of the United States in Europe. But of course it's entirely in the interests of the the US that Europe hasn't been subsumed into Russia's sphere of influence.
The history of Europe is written in blood. No one wants yet another dictator from the east starting endless conflict.
Good for business as your current Czar knows all to well. His intervention in Iran isn't a charitable attempt to save the Iranians from their oppressors. The US has bases in all the countries surrounding Iran not because the US wants to preserve their security but it's own security.
The same in Europe.
So perhaps instead of indulging in glib soundbytes. You might want to engage in actual discussion?
You're obviously capable.