Talibans, Osama, and Pakistans all were on USA's block.
It was communism versus capitalism.
Cold was is over.
Why do you think Japan, Australia, Western Europe and even Eastern Europe are now under US nuclear umbrella.
They are preparing against threat from Russia or China.
If such strengh is not shown China will gulp small parking lot size countries like Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam etc.
Thanks to 9000 plus US nuclear warheads and 90 bases worldwide, it is all a balance of power.
In cold war era India always voted against US in the UN and was essentially a client state of USSR as well as military buyer and ally despite non alignmenet bullcrap.
Fast forward 2007 - Indo US trade, economic, social ties are booming.
