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[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

When you say most countries, which countries are you talking about?

And if you're wondering where the US goes for help, I'm not sure what you mean, but there have been a variety of peacekeeping missions and wars over the past few decades where other countries worked alongside the United States. Whether you think those military operations were justified is a different question, but if you're looking for which countries worked together, you can easily find out by browsing Wikipedia for 20 minutes.

[-] Jozav@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

USA asked and got help to fight their wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, ...

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

France helped us during the revolution. The world has, generally speaking, been pretty good to us when we ask for help.

[-] Patnou@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Patnou@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Holy crap an admin. Lol. Well what I was going to say if he or she is from France, I wanted to say thank you because I felt more like a human being who is appreciated by being a nurse than I ever have.

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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Help with what? The US is part of NATO so if it is attacked militarily, all other NATO countries are obliged to help against such an invasion.

[-] Patnou@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I was more thinking along the lines of a coup or a person becoming a dictator.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

What about if the USA attacks a NATO country? I know that sounds insane, but it's a very real possibility with the looneys in charge right now.

[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Greece and Turkiye have that problem - not a war or anything but they have an open conflict about territorial waters and islands that's been going on for a long time. No one wants to get involved.

so I guess it depends on who in NATO the US gets shitty (shittier) with - most big countries in Europe act like they're ready to stand up, but we'll see if they actually get physically involved or if it's more finger wagging. Looking at Greenland...

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

It used to be that when most countries were or in trouble or needed help they would go to the US for help

Did it?

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

And what exactly would we do to help? Invade? Arrest your leaders? Station peacekeepers inside your borders?

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

What's good for the goose...

[-] Patnou@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on where your from, your record, and non UN peacekeepers so we can say thanks to a singular country.

[-] Schwim@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I suspect you're going to get mostly sarcasm and mockery tropes but there have always been countries that have allied themselves with American interests. When you say "when help when needed", if you're thinking of an actual war on home turf, invasion or something similar, that's unlikely to ever happen due to our geographical position. If you mean financial help, we take loans from a lot of different countries. If you're asking about assistance when we engage in war elsewhere, again, that would be all the allied nations.

Militarily speaking, the US is still one of the superpowers just because of the mind-boggling amount of money we spend on it. There's not many countries that can compete with just the sheer number of US things that are designed to go boom.

Things like goodwill and assistance are currently in a downward transitional trend due to the current administration. It seems a lot of countries feel ostracized by the US due to Trump's constant foolish and often hostile actions towards them but these types of things follow an ebb and flow, the next administration to reside in office will begin the process of patching things up and relationships will improve.

[-] devolution@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Themselves now. The international community is coming to the conclusion that there has been too much of a reliance on the US.

[-] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Our first and second amendments cover these things.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

While we're on the topic, is there like an online form I can fill out to request an invasion from another country?

Come on, Europe, flush out these fascists and let us fill England's spot!

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