is the rest of the world demoralized
When europe feared invasion from russia -- the united states was there to save the day.
The american military was there to protect the interests of australians, europeans and asians. America protected people in countries around the world most people couldn't find on a map.
Over time military forces of europe and asia decreased defense spending. They cut the size and strength of their military under the assumption they would always have big daddy USA to protect them.
Until one day when big daddy USA abandoned afghanistan and showed the entire world they could no longer be relied upon to defend anyone.
Much of the world scaled back to skeleton crewed, poorly equipped, militaries who might not have a prayer of holding back a chinese-russian invasion.
Who do they turn to if they can no longer rely on americans to defend them and their interests. How did they get duped into thinking they could rely on foreigners to defend their own sovereign interests.
How do people see this playing out over the long term?