I agree with your arguments as well. The euros spend less than 2% of their GDP on defense. Thats a sham.
So the US is bad when we dont help and bad when we do. Right.
We have the ME, LAtin america, China and Korea to worry about.
We even gave 15B for africa aids. Since the euros have more population, they should buck up at least 20b.
And dont get me started on how americans subsidize drug reseach for the rest of the world....
I know. The hate/blame America first crowd has even started appearing on FR. The propoganda of the 60 Minutes and quick soundbite crowd is working; the left must be pleased.
It takes too long for most to read about geopolitics and the Vietnam generation is still with us and have never gotten over the lies told to the nation at that time. It's understandable but regretable.
As for Europe, they have turned a blind eye to more atrocities than anyone but always seem to expect us to risk our treasure to fix it all for them and blame us when it doesn't go exactly according to plan.
My first question when meeting someone from Europe is: Are you from the part of Europe whose arse we saved or whose arse we kicked? The conversation can proceed from there (or not).