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Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan
As far as allies, I consider those that get money from us to survive not allies but client states. Besides, nobody can survive attacking any one of our allies except for maybe Karzi because his head is as good as gone.
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I was thinking more so of europe/seato, but as far as those who we basically pay to stay at peace, egypt/israel, pakistan/india, and a few others, they are not allies but devils ya gotta deal with. I wouldn't consider to many pure client states as Soviet Union had back in the day. We generally encourage and expect that most of our allies to be productive high GDP equals, but we have continued to bear an unproportionate share of the military expenses. Of course by doing that, it gives our voice much more say in world affairs.
As a CS teacher once told me, everything is about trade-offs.