Poland, Austria-Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
Go back to North America. Give the colonists some representation in Parliament and a little more ‘freedom’ to rule and re-write laws and economic policies (taxes). This would have appeased some of the revolutionary leaders and most of the common people. This may have led to a diplomatic, not militaristic, resolution to the grievances of the colonies that were eventually written in the Dec. of Indep.
Explanation:
There are many different trains of thought that lead Americans to their own mindset about the aid of Middle Eastern independence. Generally speaking, there are many people who believe that the United States should be the Police of the world or the hero of smaller countries and help them since they have the power to do so. Others believe that the United States has no rights of interfering in foreign affairs and should mind their own business. There are those who just don't agree with the idea of sending kids to die for other countries as well, no matter why.