[cicero's_son]

Defending allies only when they are "right" is a recipe for disaster. Who is to say when they are right? Do you not think there will be disagreements about that?

Alliances are about mutual interests; if they can be tossed aside at a whim, they are meaningless.

[DentsRun]

Defending allies only when they are "right" is a recipe for disaster.

But not I think as great a disaster as defending them when they are wrong. When a country is right, we ought to defend it whether it is an ally or not. And when it is wrong, we shouldn't blindly defend it and make the matter worse for ourselves and the ally too.

Alliances are about mutual interests; if they can be tossed aside at a whim, they are meaningless.

Alliances are about mutual interests. And when alliences move in different directions they ought to be rethought.