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The hatred has always been there, it just has become more politically correct for people to voice that hatred now.
On the positive side, all that hatred means that if the Europeans get themselves into ANOTHER mess, and it's not in our interests to back them up, we can in good conscience tell them where exactly to go.
NATO is an alliance, and alliances work BOTH ways, it's not just America's job to back the other members up, they have an OBLIGATION to back us up too. As an American, I'll tell you that I'm getting pretty sick of having to put our asses on the line to defend Europe's interests, while they stab us in the back over and over again over something as stupid as large-scale bribery by people who hate ALL of us, Americans and Europeans alike. honestly, I'd like to see the US get out of NATO, and simply form another alliance with the British and Eastern Europeans who want our help. Let the French deal with the rise of the right in Germany...I'm tempted to quote Brecht, but nah, why bother?
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