"And my hunch is it won't be long until the leadership approaches the U.S. with outstretched arms (palms up of course)."

Now that phrase "with palms up of course" is the kind of thing that generates anti-American feeling. Having had airraids in our cities within living memory is something that most countries in Europe have in common, and it divides us from our cousins across the Atlantic, who have been fortunate enough to escape having that happen.