In <eB0Ga.1822$lv.1745@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com> USA wrote:
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> "The Count" <vlad@impaler.com> wrote in message
> news:3EE818B8.C6F0CD77@impaler.com...
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>> > >
>> > > Japan as America's lap dog, as usual.
>> >
>> > Japan can be trusted as a US Ally.
>> > I have doubts about South Korea.
>> >
>> > USA
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>> and why does the US need allies?  We sure didn't when we decided to 
>> go to Iraq in the first place.
>>
> 
> I believe that the US government's official position regarding going 
> to war with Iraq was that they had 26 "allies" of which 4 put troops 
> on the ground in Iraq. I think you are mistaking the security council 
> opposition as the whole span of countries in the world.


Regardless, my point is that big brother America does not need anyone's 
help to make up its own mind and then act out aggressively.