Should the pawns of America pay to be pawns ... or should they make the Americans pay the pawns?

 The American Empire used to be very generous and pay their pawns around the world for serving the Empire. Many of the American pawns got rich with American largess and handouts. Europe, Japan and many countries around the world offered to host American military bases in their countries, to protect them and also to allow the Americans to extend their military reach and control over the world. It was a beautiful and sweet formula, when the Americans can afford to pay. Now the Americans are as good as bankrupt and are asking and demanding their pawns to pay the Americans for fake protection, but actually to continue to be pawns to allow the American access and control of the world. The Arabs learnt the hard way, paying through their noses but only to know the Americans cannot protect them, have no intention to protect them.

But the American pawns could not see the difference. The Americans said pay up, and they paid up, especially the Europeans, Japan, South Korea and the Arabs. With this change, should not the American pawns stop and think, why should they pay the Americans to control them and make use of them to protect American hegemony? In peaceful times, the sacrifice may be little. But in a crisis, like Ukraine, why would the Ukrainians fight and die for the Americans and for the interests of the Americans. Of course not. Zelensky knows his game. You want Ukraine to be your pawns to fight Russia, pay up. And the Americans have been paying and still paying, though on the surface the Europeans have stepped in to pick up the tab. Of course the Europeans have to. They have to pay the Ukrainians to fight and die for them against the Russians. Well, both the Americans and Europeans are paying, knowing very well that they have to or else the Ukrainians will stop fighting.

Look at the case of Taiwan. Are the Americans protecting the Taiwanese or using the Taiwanese as their pawns against China? Everyone knows that today, the Americans cannot protect Taiwan against China. The Americans cannot even protect their Arab allies against Iran, let alone China and with no geography advantage.

The Americans are using the Taiwanese as their pawns to irritate and contain China. Period. That is the only useful role of Taiwan. Then, why are the Taiwanese paying the Americans to be their pawns, and if there is a war, to be the cannon fodder for the Americans, to die for the Americans? And the Americans made it no secret that in a war with China, they will first blow up Taiwan chip manufacturing facilities. Taiwan should tell the Americans, pay up if you want Taiwan to be American pawns. Taiwan is not a colony of America. Unfortunately the stupid Taiwanese think they are American subjects, Taiwan an American colony. The same logic applies to the Philippines, Japan and South Korea. The Americans must pay the pawns, at least in peace time for the pawns to do all the dancing and monkeying around.

What about the Arab states? Well, they are happy paying the Americans to be the colonies of the Americans, and to the Americans to kill them and to eventually take over their lands for Greater Israel.