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Not how NATO works, exactly. When a NATO member is attacked all NATO members have the obligation to defend that nation, it's unlikely that they would start taking orders from the pentagon but rather the territory who was attacked and/or invoked the articles.
To describe the world's largest anti-war mutual defence pact as a Hostile Empire only proves that you're in favor of the actual Hostile Empires impeded by such an anti-war mutual defence pact.
Fun Fact: Donald Trump, who is the person responsible for the recent invasion of Venezuela, opposes NATO and has tried to withdraw from it multiple times.
Did I say hostile empire? You said that. I said more benign than previous empires.
I would rather live in the US than Russia or China, and If I didn't already live here, I would rather my country align with the US than Russia or China.
That doesn't mean there haven't been costs. Those cost might be worth paying. I don't think the UK, Canada, or Germany have been fools to align with the US, even if they may be rethinking that alignment now.
The context of this discussion has been quite clear, imperialism is bad.