Why Is This The Case?

Why is it the case for our government that every country we have been at war with turns out to some of our biggest Allies, and why is it the the countries we help in a war later turn out to be staunch enemies of ours?

We have fought against the English in the Revolutionary War, yet shortly after, they became one of our biggest Allies and Friend.
We were Allies with the French during the Revolutionary War, yet we have had an off and on contemptuous relationship.
We were enemies with the Japanese, who perpetrated a indescribable unprovoked attacked against us. Now they are a very strong Ally.
We helped the Iranians when the Iraqi's (under Saddam) attacked them. But where is our political relationship with them.
We helped the Afghanistan people in their fight against the Russian invasion. But look at the relationship with the Taliban prior to 9/11. They harbored our enemies and aided in the attack against by their inaction.

It seems to me that we, as a country, need to rethink our policy with dealing with our Allys and our Enemies. I think we need to withdraw our troop from bases throughout over 130 countries throughout the world, and allow these countries to deal with our their own problems. This might strengthen our relationship with our Allies and actually reverse the growing ill will against us by our enemies and actually turn them into Allies.

Viva Liberty!