Hi Polvie! Well, you raise a good point and I can appreciate where you're coming from.
What I would expect is for people to do what's right.
If I meet a homeless person on the street and give him some money, then I walk further down the street and get mugged, I'd hope that the person I just helped would come to my defense in some manner, even if it is simply yelling "stop." What's right is for that person to try and do something about it, even though I didn't ask for him to.
Same with these nations that we've helped. What's right is for them to step up to the plate, stand their ground for humanity, and at least make a statement of support. Maybe they don't have an army, or money, or whatever, to aid support, but they can do something besides sit on their butt and do nothing.
The fact that we have been their friend, their ally, given them aid and support, should mean something along these lines, even if we didn't ask for anything in return.
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