"We leave it up to the Europeans to ignore the truth, turn their backs on reality and complicate things so fucking much that we have to go over and save them from themselves and gain Freedom for them one more time. Which they promtly turn around and sell to the nearest dictator for a loaf of bread and a pat on the head."
And who was it who relied on the French in their War of Independence? And if it wasn't for the work of cryptographers (many of whom weren't fundy Christians, or were agnostics or Atheists) at Bletchley Park ('Station X') here in the UK, intercepting & decrypting the Nazis' Enigma transmissions, then the war in Europe in WWII would have lasted at least three years longer, with 600,000 (minimum) US troops killed. The likes of Alan Turing* at Station X meant the intelligence messrs Churchill & Roosevelt had access to ensured D-Day (& the resulting elimination of the Nazis) was a success and VE Day happened in 1945, and not 1948. And at least 600,000 American men went back home, or never went into battle. Potentially one of your grandfathers, Logan? If not for Bletchley Park, you potentially wouldn't exist. Fair enough, America was a massive help to us in WWII, but as stated above, the aid we gave was reciprocated. Therefore...
DEBT PAID IN FULL.
And even to this day, how many American lives have been saved by the anti-terrorist intelligence gathering by Scotland Yard, MI6 & GCHQ (many of whom aren't fundy Christians, or are agnostics or even Atheists), which they then forwarded to the FBI, CIA & NSA? So who's saving who?
Your call, Logan.
Nationalism. Especialy that spewed by ignorant, right-wing Americans. It should be illegal.
*- What you're using now, Logan, you can thank Alan Turing for that. He's the father of modern computing. He was an Atheist. He was also a homosexual. Wrap your little fundy, nationalistic brain round that concept.