The US pays the NATO bills so it can control NATO. Nothing about this arrangement is based on generosity. European countries are vassal states of the American Empire.
You don't know how vassalage works. The lord is supposed to provide protection (i.e., pay the bills for defense) - in fact, all the bills the vassals themselves paid were funded with the revenues from the land granted to them in fief by the lord.
So this is actually exactly the relationship of vassalage, except for the fact that Europe did not receive Europe from the US.
The US pays the NATO bills so it can control NATO. Nothing about this arrangement is based on generosity. European countries are vassal states of the American Empire.
Vassal States pay tribute to their overlords, not the other way around.
You don't know how vassalage works. The lord is supposed to provide protection (i.e., pay the bills for defense) - in fact, all the bills the vassals themselves paid were funded with the revenues from the land granted to them in fief by the lord.
So this is actually exactly the relationship of vassalage, except for the fact that Europe did not receive Europe from the US.
Back-to-back world war champs say "of course you didn't."