Excellent analysis by Victor Davis Hanson.
Read it here.
What is a base?...
I think under current practice we could better define an existing base as either a nexus for local anti-American resentment or a means of exacting political or financial concessions...
What is an ally?...
In this context, the current meaning of "ally" too often reads as a state benefiting from American friendship that in turn expresses its thanks by gratuitous expressions of hostility in times of crisis...
What is the United Nations?...
A better definition for the current body is something like the following: an international organization where Western liberal states seek to ingratiate themselves with tyrannies, theocracies, and tribes — appeasement winning accolades of justice, while principles earn slanders of racism, colonialism, and imperialism.
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