Well, yeah, that bit about intel sharing ... sovereign powers always operate in their own interest.
Our broken media, some misleading "works" on history, and Hollyweird have implanted a popular notion that somehow international alliances are like little boys in a sandbox who are best friends forever.
Even with the "best" of allies, it is quid pro quo all the time, every time. There are no freebies between nations in this world.
There -is-, in some cases, lingering sentiment over events that occurred, but that usually disappears with the generations that lived it ... unless it is a society like those in the Middle East (or Serbia) who make a national hobby out of fixating on slights and battles from the Middle Ages.
Our broken media, some misleading "works" on history, and Hollyweird have implanted a popular notion that somehow international alliances are like little boys in a sandbox who are best friends forever.
Even with the "best" of allies, it is quid pro quo all the time, every time. There are no freebies between nations in this world.
There -is-, in some cases, lingering sentiment over events that occurred, but that usually disappears with the generations that lived it ... unless it is a society like those in the Middle East (or Serbia) who make a national hobby out of fixating on slights and battles from the Middle Ages.
Fire In The Hole