Oh, wait...
It’s a trick question...
I’m pretty sure that the number would be close to the total that we backstabbed........
Does Israel count?
South Korea?
The UK, Australia comes to mind.
Texas
The UK has been a reliable ally.
Anyway, I gotta agree with your take on the Ukraine-Russia war. There are no good guys there. Plus it’s a Europe problem, not a US problem. It’s not 1945 anymore.
Back then Europe was devastated. And we were rich. Today Europe can stand on its own. And we are heavily in debt. We should tend to our own problems. The old Q-man got it right:
“She [America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.”
John Quincy Adams
Seems to me South Korea so far has been pretty supportive of us but of course it still needs us to defend them from the North. But you only need to read history to realize that national alliances are as fickle as the winds — they blow in all directions depending in changing needs.
In my opinion, the help we give ends up going beyond mere defeat of a foe. We end up staying to help “rebuild”, then we start putting political pressure on governments to conform to some sort of quasi-US policies. In effect, we end up nation-building. This appears as a threat to other nations in the area who see us as economically, culturally, and politically imperializing the region. To be honest, this kind of pushback is entirely predictable from an outsider looking in. It’s part of the reason that a restrained foreign policy is required one that tends towards a more isolationist policy in all but the most extreme cases (like the eventual, unrestrained conquests of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan). Even in those cases, we overstayed our welcome and noble purpose.
Gotta love President Trump’s ‘America first’ policy. We will help other nations but they’re not going to chump or fleece us in the process.
Vietnam is actually a quite pro-American place - certainly in the South of the country.
The key is that we don’t mess around in their politics, haven’t engaged them in war in 50 years, so the “land of freedom and opportunity” narrative has no negative baggage to carry
The term “backstab” will have to be defined.
wy69
The term “backstab” will have to be defined.
wy69
Liar leftards mantra was when Trump’s gone the USA will be well respected in the world again. NOT... many nations and world leaders may not have liked Trump but they damn sure respected him and his leadership abilities. Not so much the old, corrupt and weak Biden.
Your seemingly innocuous question contains a poison pill - i.e., a false premise.
Without Western intervention (military and humanitarian aid), the Ukrainians and the Russians would namely not "decimate" each other.
Rather, Russia would simply conquer Ukraine, which would then be partitioned, dismembered, depopulated, Russified, and eventually converted into a puppet regime with a tin-pot dictator like Lukoschenko, wholly subservient to Moscow, heading it - comparable to the way Belarus is now merely an appendage of Putin's resurgent "Greater Russia."
Like in Belarus, Putin would then move in his nukes and his troops - in preparation for attacking his next target.
Your proposal - to let Ukraine and Putin's Russia simply "duke it out" - is as ludicrous as suggesting that Dick Cavett should go 10 rounds with Cassius Clay (in his prime) and in this way "settle their differences."
Regards,
Europe, but only because Europe is a continent and not a country. Except for perhaps Britain, every European country backstabbed the United States.
“I remember, when you were down
And you needed a helping hand
I came to feed you
But now that I need you
You won’t give me a second glance
Now I’m calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I’m falling”
“When you were broke you would come to me
And I would always pull you round
Now I call your office on the telephone
And your secretary tells me that she’s sorry,
But, you’ve gone out of town.
This is Captain America calling”
Ray Davies ((Kinks) - 1979
Taiwan?
But...but...Putin!