I’m not trying to be rude, but I’m guessing English is a second language for you.

We (Europe) also let the hard power plus soft power to the USA after WW2

So if I’m reading this right, in your opinion, war torn Europe was generous in “letting” the USA supply aid after WW2?

They have benefited enormously from that internationally, economically…

And yeah, that’s kind of the point, do you think any country in the world sends the GDP of a small country to another nation, purely out of the goodness of their heart?

half siding with Russia…

I sure hope you aren’t talking about me…