The USA have been trying to move to Pacific for over 20 years but they keep getting pulled in to middle Eastern and European conflicts

That kind of what George Washington worn them about

It's also what drove the British Empire into the ground constantly worried about a thousand petty struggles and grievances

It's also why the USA have been trying to get other states to spend more on their military's but also by doing that

It would weaken American international power is kind of a catch 22 for them

The British and The Americans both adopted the strategy of supporting Japan in the Pacific the British in the early 20th century

And the Americans in the early 21st century

What bovers me about the USA is its anti British sentiment I see it a lot in America international relations and geopolitical book as well as other related genres

Their is definitely a complex their