With Allies Like This Who Needs Enemies

Doug Bandow, National Interest: Broken Hearts Club: 6 Allies America Needs to Divorce



It’s hard to get out of a bad relationship. The good times may be over and the once vibrant connection may be dead, but people just can’t admit that it’s time to say goodbye.



Countries have the same problem, especially the U.S. Washington has spent decades collecting allies like many people accumulate Facebook “Friends.” Virtually never, irrespective of the changed circumstances, does America drop an ally. Indeed, the less relevant the ties the more insistent U.S. officials become in demanding that the relationship be “strengthened” and “expanded.”



WNU Editor: I can add a few more countries to this list. But it is true .... having allies and building alliances is a very expensive proposition .... but when did the U.S. decide to be an empire with all of these obligations and commitments?