As context, I have been reading and watching many analysis and interviews related to what is happening in West Asia where the Persian Gulf countries have allowed large American military bases to be built on their soil and as a result of US aggression against a neighboring country there have been missiles and drones hitting not only the US bases but also hotels and ports where the Americans had relocated to from those bases.
Regarding Europe, an excellent point was made on Sunday by Professor of History, Dr. David Gibbs from University of Arizona. Link below. Paraphrasing: "It has been demonstrated in the Middle East that American bases reduce your security. Sweden and Finland did well with security based on neutrality. Now they have given it up for America which is unreliable and a threat to security. This doesn't seem rational, a lot of this seems to be based on hypotheticals, what if Russia does this or that."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Z7mSRu0xM&t=2106s
What are your thoughts, can and should the American presence in military bases of these European countries be removed before it's too late? As far as I know, only the UK and Romania have so far allowed their land to be used by Americans in the daily operations to bomb the nation and people of Iran. Spain is the only country to have explicitly denied participation in the war.
Or do you still believe that the US would actually defend other countries (besides Israel, obviously) in today's geopolitical climate?