European selfishness

I was reading this article today and it really struck me as representing an amazing selfishness on the part of Germany. Germany didn't support the US in Iraq, even though it owes the US its very existence (in its modern form, at least). It didn't even help bear the financial burden for reconstructing Iraq in any signficant way, even though it stands to benefit greatly from a stable, democratic Iraq.But now the Germans are upset that the US is going to move soldiers out of Germany? They're worried that people in Germany will lose jobs. This is probably true, but it's insane. The Germans are upset because not as much of the US military budget is going to go into the pockets of their restaurant owners, service employees, defense contractors, etc? If you're not a good ally, that's what you get. You can't deny support to US military goals and then cry foul when the US military wants to stop giving you money. Another way to put it is that you can't rely on the US to fight the wars you have no stomach for, absorb the immigrants that you don't want in your country, AND prop up your economy. That's so selfish.