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I certainly understand the invective about how America subsidizes other countries. I share some of it.
At the same time, I also recall a different trope. Something something hanging together something hanging separately.
That addresses a mutual commitment for mutual aid, not one party riding piggyback on the other, which is what NATO has become, particularly in terms of those like Germany who are not unable to meet their commitment, but rather simply choose not to do so.