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I think a lot of countries, particularly developed Western countries, have been using the US as a scapegoat for their p*ss poor political decisions for a long time. (Yes, the US has plenty of those poor decisions being made as well, but let's not act like the US is going around and putting a gun to the head of almost half of the world's leaders. Don't be giving your politicians a free pass.)

Example:
Afghanistan War

Spoiler: Participating Countries

1 Afghanistan
2 Australia
3 Armenia
4 Azerbaijan
5 Bangladesh
6 Bulgaria
7 Belgium
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 Canada
10 People's Republic of China
11 Republic of the Congo
12 Cyprus
13 Czech Republic
14 Denmark
15 Egypt
16 Estonia
17 France
18 Georgia
19 Germany
20 Greece
21 Hungary
22 India
23 Iran
24 Ireland
25 Italy
26 Japan
27 Kuwait
28 Kyrgyzstan
29 Latvia
30 Lithuania
31 Macedonia
32 Malaysia
33 Montenegro
34 Netherlands
35 New Zealand
36 Norway
37 Oman
38 Pakistan
39 Poland
40 Portugal
41 Qatar
42 Romania
43 Russia
44 Slovakia
45 Slovenia
46 South Korea
47 Spain
48 Sudan
49 Sweden
50 Switzerland
51 Tajikistan
52 Thailand
53 Turkey
54 Turkmenistan
55 United Arab Emirates
56 Ukraine
57 United Kingdom
58 United States of America
59 Uzbekistan

59 countries....and just off the top of my head I know for a fact of at least two countries that have military over there that were left off that list (Mongolia and Columbia). Even China, Russia and Iran got in on that one. The US has some pull but not THAT much pull. The rest of the world is joining in on these fights because they feel they and/or their people have something to gain from it...just as the US does. The countries that have democratically elected governments and have participated in it need to stfu about US war mongering and the war on terrorism. It's not like we are going into these wars alone. You elected your politicians, the US didn't take command of your military and order them in to a conflict - you currently are or have been participating of your own free will. If you don't like it...elect politicians that won't join the US in these conflicts, go be pacifists if you wish, nobody will care. The French told the US to p*ss off in the Iraq invasion, yet somehow they still exist as a country and people.....the only repercussion from that was that Bush renamed French fries to Freedom Fries. Everyone had a laugh and that was that.