Still scared, KenV?
Naaah. Wasn't scared before either. I just find it typically self serving to on the one hand say "no" to helping to defend my neighbors, but on the other to expect non neighbors an ocean away to come to
my defense.
So while many Europeans are saying "no" to helping their immediate neighbors, Americans are signing defense agreements with a communist nation (that was recently an enemy who took the lives of 50,000+ Americans) to help them defend against a neighboring communist nation, with both on the other side of the planet. Go figure.
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Maybe this is part the US gun culture. Many here who own guns do so to defend themselves AND their neighbors. Maybe we have a different mindset over here about using violence or the threat of violence to deter aggressors/predators. I'm making no judgements about whether this is "good" or "bad", just making an observation.