If Japan was once experiencing bouts of anti-Americanism when its neighbor China was sleeping, then Europe was relatively friendly to us when we kept 300 Soviet divisions from its borders.
The moral? Trashing the United States can be a fun sport for some when one nearby communist enemy disappears, but not so for others when another is ascendant and close by.
Kinda like how Dad was so cool when he was giving me money to see a movie, but such a moron when he made me mow the lawn.
Hanson has written on this subject before.
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