Aye. I don't want the US to have to be everyone's shield, it's a travesty that people here expect US soldiers to die for them and then have the cheek to bitch about them, but the USA has to survive as a nation. Its existence is a beacon for these ideals (and it keeps the Chinese and co from steamrolling us).

Ultimately what happens to the rest of the west and its allies is up to each country individually, but without the US standing strong there isn't anyone to counterbalance countries like China and before it the USSR and the Reich, there wouldn't be a free world.

I'm still appalled the EU leadership clearly would choose Iran over the US if it could get away with it.