Where are our allies?

The whole idea of NATO not helping because of some issues with money is ridiculous. If the US were invaded, then every financial market in the world would be affected and i don't think our NATO allies would like the idea of the US being attacked.

Hell, Europe decided to go to war in 1939, during the Great Depression, a financial crisis worst than the one we're facing today. so the idea that they didn't do anything because of few issues with finances is in my opinion illogical. an alliance as strong as NATO wouldn't fall apart so easily.

also i don't think an extremist run Russia would ally itself with the DPRK. the far right groups in Russia tend to promote anti-immigration, Russian Orthodox Christianity, and Russian nationalism. i see no benefits/reason for them to ally themselves with the far left DPRK. and how was Russia causing problems for other countries? all i remember seeing was Russia having problems with Georgia again, which isn't that damaging to the US.

The movie purportedly originally had a deeper historical background.

America's allies weren't present because the enemy coalition had not forgotten them. America's allies were pre-occupied fighting for their own existence. What made it easier is that by 2012, and this is for real, most European nations have very small armed forces. It's based on several reasons, immense costs, pacifist sentiment, non-interventionist sentiment, political fragmentation, all combine and most of America's allies are unable to defend themselves adequately, if at all. Great Britain still has a top-notch army and navy in terms of quality, but the Brits don't a large enough army to defend their home isles besides sending spare troops to help the Americans. As far as America's beleagured and almost overrun Allies see it, America with its 300 plus million population, biggest land size and the most wealth, is in a far better position to defend itself than they are.

My info comes from the past three years of discussion on this forum where a number of people claimed to have read the script, or else claimed to know someone associated with the movie's development.

I don't know how much was actually committed to paper. But there was a real-world scenario behind the plausibility. Today's Russian Federation, Red China, Iran, Pakistan, and North Korea all maintain very large armies. Combine all their manpower assets and the result is a mega-army of 3 to 4 million men. One million men can steamroll over Europe's small armies with little difficulty. I'm sure Europe's armies will put up a fight but stand little chance being so grossly outnumbered and underequipped.

North America still presents near insurmountable challenges in transporting several million enemy soldiers across the oceans or through the Arctic, or north through Central America and Mexico. The combined landmass of Canada and the United States and its population are too large, too numerous. The American people will fight and oh yes, the Canadians will fight, too, despite their proclaimed pacifism. Canadian pacifism extends to fighting away from their own territory. Invade Canadian territory and any enemy will learn the hard way how Canadians can fight back, just as the Americans learned in 1814. Remember, the British redcoats and the Canadian local militias repulsed four American invasions and gave the Yanks enough of a bloody nose that they left Canada alone after that for the last two hundred years.

"The film was badly conceived, poorly written, and illogical. North Korea does not have the means to invade North America,"

The movie was originally filmed with China being the invaders.

The movie was modified due to "distribution issues."

Even ones based on historical events. U5-71, Private Ryan etc.