@JC7
We are all entitled to opinions but you keep getting yourself caught up in passing many of your opinions as fact.
You speak about camaraderie between nations like Japan and the US and yet you disregard actions like the atomic bombing of 2 Japanese cities. Do not assume that everyone in Japan is in love with America.
Regarding Germany helping out with the bailouts it is a bit more complicated than them doing it out of good will. They are doing it out of economic necessity, period.
You also mention how NATO is so costly for the US but maintaining empires has always been a huge financial burden throughout history.
I try to judge countries not by their talk but by their actions, and while German and or Japanese leaders may to an extent criticise the US from time to time they always end up falling in line in the end.
That last paragraph of yours has me worried. Seems to me that you think if a government isn't supportive of globalisation it automatically makes them bad. While in theory it benefits all, as we can observe there are always many negative aspects as well. I believe that any country should have the right to uphold their sovereignty, unfortunately we live in an age where we have countries talking one way and acting another way.
One country after another is being taken over by the United States through military action and the only thing that can protect anyone's independence is military might. That's why we can now see other powers forming counter alliances to try and deter military aggression. I suspect that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was formed for this reason.
Again I believe it would benefit everyone if there was more deterrence in the world and the less unilateral action the better.
