Is encouraging someone to kill themselves a crime? Massachusettsâ highest court will decide in texting case. The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Thursday in the case of Michelle Carter, a teenager accused of involuntary manslaughter in her boyfriend's death by suicide.
The word allies is the plural of ally, which refers to countries in friendly military association with each other -- like pals. It is opposite of an enemy. In the WW2 sense, the Allies were all the countries opposed to the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan).
Objectively, one could say that American allies are those that have signed a mutual defence treaty with the United States. Those treaties vary quite a bit in their terms and obligations, but mostly obligate a signatory country to come to the aid of the other(s) if an attack occurs.