Whitewavemark2
There was someone on yesterday saying that the USA can no longer be trusted to come to a countries aid.
He rather thought that Taiwan and Japan may well consider becoming a nuclear power .
No surprise there I'm afraid Whitewave. The US, like any other country, will only fight if it perceives it to be is in its interest.
Many seem to see it as "Daddy Bear". A country that will care what happens to us and help us when we things are going wrong. It isn't. Part of this is because many of their leaders have been geographically illiterate - as are a large chunk of their population. They have no idea who, what or where we are.
As for our "relationship" with America, it is close if they can house their weapons here; especially if we pay for the making of them so we can call them our own.
It is only the British who emphasise the close foreign policy relationship with the US. They just mouth the words as a pat on the head in passing. The idea that we have a common language is laughable. It certainly doesn't lead to a common understanding. Even our ideals are differently based. And we have all seen the growing version of "democracy" in the US.
We do have someone who was an American citizen until 2016 as PM - and what good is that going to do us? I'm sure the majority can now see that it will only be for the few, while many will starve or die because they can't afford American style medical bills.
As a leading country in the EU, we had far more equality and influence with the US. We have thrown that away which is exactly why we were left picking up the pieces in Afghanistan and why they didn't bother to involve or inform us - we are just the tail of the US dog.
And this is what we have for leaving a growing economic block with people who are far nearer in outlook to us than the Americans, where we could lead and have sway. I will always despair when it comes to the lack of knowledge that about a third of our country has that makes them think we are closer to America than the European continent in any way whatsoever.
