As Allies See Nationalism Rise, Germany Sees Threats To Alliances It Champions . . ... After the Allies defeated the Nazi regime in 1945, the U.S. helped rebuild Germany's devastated economy through the Marshall Plan. ..…

Lebanon and Syria also take away the chance of ground-based attack, leaving US Marines and Army to stare longingly across Persian Gulf open waters from Saudi Arabia or one of its too few militarily insignificant allies in Gulf region.. France, Germany and Australia, and with anti-US..…