Rounding Up the Usual Suspect

Let's see, America and our European allies have some disagreements on issues and so the Europeans feel shunned by us? Why isn't the story that we feel shunned by them?

The story mentions specific disagreements between America and Germany, France, and Britain.

Germany has been a pain for a while--seriously, explain to me how Germany's failures can be blamed on Trump--or even on Pompeo?

Seriously, Secretary of State Pompeo cancelled that Tuesday meeting with Merkel to visit Iraq to warn the Iraqis about Iranian threats to American troops there. That was more pressing than hearing yet more excuses about why wealthy Germany can't do more to pull their weight in NATO.

So I don't even want to hear German complaints.

And France has been hit or miss as an ally depending on what they think is in their interests--which according to the crowd who blames America for policy differences we apparently can't weigh, too.

As for Britain, we are close allies--this close, in fact. But we clearly disagree on issues revolving around Iran and Libya. And I think the British are wrong on Iran; and on a ceasefire in Libya, that just risks prolonging the chaos and death toll if it prevents an acceptable victory by an acceptable faction in the civil war, no?

Europeans should examine their own declining fortunes (tip to Instapundit) and their own policies as perhaps sources of the trans-Atlantic friction.

The bottom line why is the blame for differences automatically placed on America?