For example, operating in an alliance, where we pay a larger than our fair share of the defense spending, provide more of the military power and end up entangled in alliances that are more likely to drag US into other people's problems than get US help with ours,
Think of the alliance as a Basketball team.
A “Me First” strategy means I take every shot I can get and let the others worry about their own shots. I may score more, but the team as a whole loses.
In a “Team” strategy, I pass to the open man and they pass to me. Each player does not expect the same number of shots and plays a role. Some are scorers, some give assists, some play defense. As a whole the team wins.
i made real points about the real situation.
In response you want to change the discussion to a poor analogy.
Asking our allies to carry their fair share of the burden, is not US being unfair. That we have to hassle them to do their fair share is them being slackers.
We can't afford to carry them any more. We are in an unsustainable financial situation.
You posted a gish gallop list, so that your pile of accusations would support each other.
I have refuted one of them. This undermines your whole list.
Would you like to actually address the points I made about Defense, or would you like to move on to another point I can crush so as to completely discredit you list ?
