If you're walking down the street one night and you see a big guy who has beaten you up in the past coming towards you, and you look over the street and see another big guy, with a group of others walking with him, you don't have to be a chicken to cross the road and join their group for your own safety. Especially when, not only has that group offered you no harm in the past, but has actually supported you. Sure, big guy number one might not feel like beating you up again that night, but why take the chance? These "political commentators" who treat the whole thing as a school sports day, with the two captains choosing their teams, and you have to join one of them once chosen, are just peddling their own sick agendas. "No, you can't join Team A, because Team B picked you, and Team B's captain can give you a thrashing if you don't stick with him". Pathetic nonsense. These are independent countries we're talking about, who are free to ally themselves with whomever they choose.