Yeah, we’ve wiped our feet all over them. Saved their butts in WWII, and numerous times before and since.
Ah yes, but if you follow Hitchens, that was only for our own self-interest, because "we" wanted to weaken Britain, and look what actually happened ... in the event, Britain was weakened, and has never been the same. No mention of galloping Socialism, crippling taxation, the nationalization of healthcare and industry, and other self-inflicted woes, of course.
If at any point either the UK or Germany feel that the USA is too much of a burden then we should relieve them of it and move our bases out of there and place them in Poland. I mean, we can be fair about this. Or is it a case of they hate the US but want our money.
"It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World": Milton Berle and Terry-Thomas discuss America, England and bosoms