And yet, you want our defense? Our military might? It, of course, being the only thing holding back the great sea of Red, AKA Russia/China, from rolling across your whole continent til it crashes on the far Atlantic shore? We intervene and police the world, Europe hates us. We go back to being Isolationists as we were just 60 years ago and focusing on getting our shit together at home, which we've been neglecting while fighting pointless wars of ideology(60's-80's) and profit (90's-now), yours and our profits BTW, not just ours, and Europe hates us. If Europe's going to hate us either way, why do we owe you our aid? With what reason could you sway us? Why not put ourselves first. like the other 2 super powers? The chinese have no prospective country that can keep up with their production with our matching consumption. Why must we bow to the Chinese and their constant border flexing and our constant stepping on eggshells so they can "save face"?, they need a buyer just as much as we need a seller, economics 101. Why must we struggle with Russia to support allies who don't honor their own agreements, while they bitch about the very thing they're benefiting from? I mean, where do you think the EU has gotten all this money? Not having a standing war ready army, while several countries circlejerk their GDP out of proportion and laugh at "the Yanks" for being so backwards on social policies, that you are lucky enough to have, what with the bloated GDP of not having said active military force for 50+ years...Don't get me wrong, I love Europe, its history is quite rich and diverse, and it's a part of my heritage, being of Irish descent, but "don't bite the hand that feeds" is a quote that comes to mind when I read sentiments like yours regarding our country. America, and I mean the continent if it came down to it, but for this convo just the USA can be self sufficient, it'll suck sure, but you need to really ask your self what your world would look like without us. Take a real long hard look, and ask yourself, if America went dark and ghosted on your half of the globe, what would happen to you and yours? If America decided to go full scale Isolationalism, how would it affect your half of the world? I think Russia and China would carve their new territories in half across the equator. So either the EU can get with the program and realize we're on the same side here, or maybe you guys should dust off the ol' russian and chinese translation manuals for your mother tongue?
