The Diplomad serves up top 10 list of "allies we admire and appreciate," and I couldn't agree more. I won't steal all their thunder, but among the picks are a few places I like to beat the drum for:

Australia: The Aussies are always there when it counts. This is the only country in the world that has fought alongside the USA in every war over the past century. We don't even mind too much when they beat us out for some Olympic medals. We consider them Americans with accents; or is it the other way round?

Denmark: Always on the right side of every intra-European argument. Plus it's the only entry as a country in the Holocaust Museum's wall of honor -- the Danish royal family during WWII was one of the great class acts of all time.

Singapore: Dynamic business center and sensible, pragmatic foreign policy, with leaders openly rejoiced over the US victory in the Cold War.

Italy: Berlusconi is one of the most colorful and gutsy leaders in the world. Diplomads loved when he insulted that leftist German European Parliament guy, comparing him to Sgt. Schultz in "Hogan's Heroes."

And their endorsement of Israel contains what could be a national motto: Pisses off the rest of the world even more than the United States.