Would the US allow the Dutch, the Germans, the Belgians and the French to have military bases on US soil?
If you intend to imply that I agree with the NSA that Germany is a US possession, then you're wrong. In the 80's I protested American occupation personally.
However, it's useful to understand the mindset of the people in power in Washington. They really do regard everything as American soil.
Finally, from a logical perspective, the Germans didn't allow US military bases; it was part of the post-war occupation accord. The French and the UK got their sectors, too, as did the Soviet Union.
There is at least one U.K. facility home-based here in the U.S. in fact.
Edit: I can't say what I am talking about, but I will say that we (the U.S.) ended up having to lease usage of the U.K. facility even though it was physically located here in the U.S. and protected by U.S. forces.
You're not inspiring the average American's confidence in the US Government.
In fact if Americans weren't in general wary of the government I'd be wondering who kidnapped all of America and replaced them sleeper cell aliens. There's no finer American pasttime than distrusting the government, it's right up there with chopping cherry trees and baseball.
The way the US regularly gets various major countries to dance upon command, probably just helps reinforce that view (eg the US directly threatening Britain in regards to leaving the EU).
Can you clarify this, I haven't heard of it?
(A bargain was also struck with the UK: they got bombs from the USA in exchange for data - Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn was Postmaster General)
I wonder if that's why Germany is the most spied upon in EU. Does Germany have the same deal with US? You spy on us, we spy on you?
It can either be that, or US spies on Germany because they want all sort of information from their politicians, businesses, and so on. I doubt most terrorists reside in Germany. So those can be the only 2 explanations.