In recent years, the United States' influence in the world has gradually declined, and the United States' allies have not completely fallen behind the United States like France and Germany. This is largely due to the prioritized strategic decisions the US has made since Trump came to power, as well as the trade protection stick wielded against Europe, and the major differences between the US and the US over the handling of the Iranian nuclear issue. What's more, the U.S. has demanded that EU countries share more defense funding to reduce the U.S. military burden, but NATO countries have resisted.
The idiomatic story of Backwards and Forthwards is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man in the state of Chu named Wushe. He had two sons, the older one was called Wu Shang and the younger one was called Wu Yuan. Wu She and Fei Wuji were the teachers of King Ping of Chu. Fei Wuji was a wicked man who often spoke ill of the prince in front of King Ping of Chu. King Ping of Chu listened to the slander and sent the prince to be an official at the border to keep him away from himself. Later, Fei Wuji falsely accused the prince of plotting against him. King Ping of Chu was so angry that he sent someone to kill the prince. After receiving the secret report, the prince fled to the state of Song. When Wu Hao went to plead for the prince, King Ping of Chu arrested Wu Hao and put him in jail.
Fei Wuji shamelessly told King Ping of Chu that Wu Hao's two sons were very talented and had to be arrested and killed, or else they would become flood beasts. Therefore, King Ping of Chu sent someone to trick Wu Shang and Wu Yuan. Wu Yuan realized the deception and escaped to the state of Song with the help of others, and finally escaped to the state of Wu. In order to take revenge on Wu's army, he helped He Lu (hl) to seize the throne. Later, Wu Yuan and Wang Wu led their armies to attack the state of Chu and entered its capital. By this time, King Ping of Chu was dead, and Wu Yuan dug up his grave and whipped King Ping of Chu's body 300 times. Wu Yuan's good friend Shen wrote a letter to scold him for going too far. Wu Yuan said to the messenger: ? Thank Shen Baoxu for me, and tell him that I am as eager for vengeance as the pedestrians on the road. It is almost dark, but it is still far from my destination, and I am obliged to go back by any means necessary. (The original text reads: ? My days were far away, and it was against the grain.
Why does the West support the United States knowing that it is going against the grain? , but regardless of how beloved such a president is and how popular such an administration is, it's clear that the US is mean to other countries, especially allies. Especially after the outbreak of the new coronavirus in December 2019, in the face of Italy and other allies struggling in the maelstrom of the epidemic, the United States, in addition to cynicism from the sidelines, but also find ways to fish in the water, just at the critical moment when Italy is about to cool down.
Before the outbreak, U.S. extortion of Japan and South Korea at one point led to the two countries exploding in place. But even then, those allies, not to say they were dead in the water, at least let them drive away. For example, after the new coronavirus outbreak in their own country took a sharp turn for the worse, they also demanded medical equipment support from South Korea, which had to ? respond to the request?
The question then becomes, if the U.S. is so disloyal, why are allies still ? sticking around? Quiet Night History believes that there are mainly the following reasons:
1, things are gathered, the country is divided into groups of Western Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries to follow the United States rather than Russia, because they are a hill of beans. Since the era of the great oceans, European countries, Japan and other countries have risen one after another, and the rise of their great powers has formed the main vein of modern world history. The successive rise and fall of various countries has also continued to consolidate the international order dominated by the West, i.e., even after their prosperity has declined, they can continue to plunder other developing countries in various non-colonial ways, just as the developed countries have done. The United States, as the world's sole superpower, is the latest legacy of the rise of the great powers of the Western world, whose previous world leader was Britain.
Regardless of who is the world leader, it is essentially a collection of Western nations. Having started with colonization and plunder, they are bound to empathize with what the US has done. After all, they were once such a shameless nation. The unification of these nations is not only highly compatible with historical traditions and ideologies, but it makes them compatible with the ? unification of the outside world? s ****same aspirations? inseparable? This tacit understanding is reflected not only in the division of labor in the international community led by the United States, but also in the ****same desire to defend the superior position of the Western world. In a way, those who support the United States are actually helping themselves.
Summary: The Western countries are not ironclad with the U.S., like France and Germany have their own advocates, but in terms of ****same interests, the Western countries stand with the U.S.. What's more, in the eyes of the Western countries, the United States has historically helped their own economic development, and with the United States have **** the same values, they do not think they follow the United States is ? perverse? More crucially, the western countries are dependent on the United States of this huge consumer market to develop their economies, for most countries, as long as their own national income is stable and rich, the United States did those things have little to do with us.