You can't help but ask yourself, are they really "leading" their
     nations, or obeying US
     orders?

   Don't ask, my friend. Just watch their actions (and many times their
   words too, when they don't play the ambivalent hypocrisy game)

     One can't help but wonder, when will these nations stand up for
     their
     sovereignty?

   Nations? In Europe? Oh... i don't see any nations there since many many
   years. I see a bunch of lost people without any national ​and moral
   landmarks (accept the doctrine of eat, sleep, entertain and the liberal
   OR the fascism boolshit).
   So... there are no Nations (with big N) to stand up.
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   * for the trolls:
   national landmarks/patriotism are not equal to fascism.