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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
We have minimal military support from our allies because none, save possibly Britain and France, aspire to project military force beyond Europe. Those countries' efforts to preserve their colonies showed they couldn't really do this, and France is only sort of our ally anyway. Germany and Japan both have the economy to support militaries of this sort, but we made good and sure after World War II that neither would be projecting military force much beyond its borders, and we did this very well. None of the other countries in Western Europe aspire to be world powers. And aren't we happy being the only Western superpower? Do you think those countries would necessarily be our allies if they were our equals militarily?
Meanwhile, other industrial countries spend more on foreign aid than we do, so they carry their burdens in other ways.
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In other words, given that they already had US guns, they chose butter. I would like to see us pull out all of our troops from the western part of the continent and move them to the eastern part, where they will be more appreciated.
edited to add: I suspect your foreign aid 'fact" is dependent on the defintion of "foreign aid." Cite please.
