[SunkenCiv]

the US is not only dependent on foreigners to finance its wars

...the US is smart enough to let them. Luckily the Chinese (who have opposed the US liberation of Iraq, at least, not sure about Afghanistan, or US military presence deeper in Central Asia) don't have a free press, because the people there would wonder why their government has one public attitude about the US military deployments, while simultaneously making money off of them.

[Realism]

because the people there would wonder why their government has one public attitude about the US military deployments, while simultaneously making money off of them.

Maybe because they are funding their military with record trade surpluses and outside investment, unlike us. Hopefully we arn't putting the carriers up for collateral.