If we are expected to go to war on their behalf, then we should have a say in how their nations are run, especially their foreign policy.
Otherwise, they can drag us into a war we have no real say in preventing.
This is why alliances suck. Alliances only benefit the little nations by giving them access to a giant military to bail them out.
“If we are expected to go to war on their behalf, then we should have a say in how their nations are run, especially their foreign policy”.
Well, you do actually.
What do you think - what kind of “strategic interests” did Poland have in Iraq or in Afghanistan - to send its troops out there?
From Poland’s perspective - wasn’t that “going to war on their behalf”? (”their” meaning “U.S.” in those cases).