Unfortunately, I think they feel the same way about us - at least for the present. So what foreign country can we look to admire if we feel so inclined and desperately need allies?
Let's lay down one rule: Anyone that votes for France goes to Devils Island without possibly of parole.
All the Muslim countries hate us worse than they hate the British, and there aren't jobs for us in India because they have all our outsourced jobs now.
Mexico? We might as well love it because we'll never get rid of all their illegal citizens in this country, and we'd be trampled to death trying to illegally immigrate in the opposite direction.
Australia's cool but they've taken gun control to the extreme.
Any Asian country like China or Viet Nam - give me a break.
Israel has too much to handle as it is right now, so the most important ally is and always has been Great Britain
The only time that Britain has ever “liked” America is when that have a use for America. Otherwise they trash us as the garbage that they think we are. A popular British saying during WW2 while they lamented our being over there, they said, “The Americans are overpaid, over sexed, and unfortunately over here.” Charm isn’t exactly their forte, is it? Nothing that we did in WW2 was appreciated. Hell, it isn’t even mentioned in their history book anymore. I look forward to the day when Britain is another EU county and nothing more.
Why is it necessary for America to have allies? What we have are goals and interests if they mesh fine with other countries fine, then they can be allies, but most often I think you will find that we have nothing in common with Britain or indeed any of Europe. There are many in Europe who want to build a EU army to challenge American military might, and so I have been told to form and alliance with Russia and China to crush the US if necessary. Do your really want them as allies? Do you really want to share military technology with these back stabbers? I wouldn’t.