🇺🇸 1. Historical Pattern: Trusted Allies Only When the U.S. collaborates militarily on its own soil, it has always been with long-standing allies whose alignment is strategic, cultural, and political — typically NATO partners (like the U.K., Canada, or France) or Five Eyes nations (the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand). Examples: \t•\tCanada & NORAD: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a binational U.S.–Canadian command headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base and Che