Could you please elaborate on your point that "Europeans should find other ways to express their displeasure with Trump’s war in Iran besides denying American access to bases in NATO countries"? Blood is on their hands if US planes launch from their bases and commit war crimes. European voters will punish leadership for this.
It doesn’t actually matter what the U.S. actually needs—-the U.S. needs a democracy, the U.S. needs a non-authoritarian leader, the U.S. needs a justice system, the U.S. needs greater equality, the U.S. needs a society that is not self-destructing….
Yeah, U.S. needs a lot, it’s never about what you need, it’s about what you get.
We pay for Europe's defense—yet Europe is denying us the barest minimum of assistance to fight a battle that benefits them, insisting on sneering at us while freeloading off our generosity.
BATYA UNGAR-SARGON
" ... the exact problem with NATO right now: It is the “American Treaty Organization” insofar as we fund it—yet Europe insists on sneering at us while freeloading off our generosity, even when we’re fighting its battles. European leaders have now gone so far as denying our military planes access to their air bases to refuel—even as they blame America for cooling relations."
Could you please elaborate on your point that "Europeans should find other ways to express their displeasure with Trump’s war in Iran besides denying American access to bases in NATO countries"? Blood is on their hands if US planes launch from their bases and commit war crimes. European voters will punish leadership for this.
My view of NATO: "Going to war without France [or NATO] is like going hunting without an accordion."
General Norman Schwarzkopf
It doesn’t actually matter what the U.S. actually needs—-the U.S. needs a democracy, the U.S. needs a non-authoritarian leader, the U.S. needs a justice system, the U.S. needs greater equality, the U.S. needs a society that is not self-destructing….
Yeah, U.S. needs a lot, it’s never about what you need, it’s about what you get.
The War in Iran Was a Test for Europe. It Failed.
We pay for Europe's defense—yet Europe is denying us the barest minimum of assistance to fight a battle that benefits them, insisting on sneering at us while freeloading off our generosity.
BATYA UNGAR-SARGON
" ... the exact problem with NATO right now: It is the “American Treaty Organization” insofar as we fund it—yet Europe insists on sneering at us while freeloading off our generosity, even when we’re fighting its battles. European leaders have now gone so far as denying our military planes access to their air bases to refuel—even as they blame America for cooling relations."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-193269942?selection=4a2334b9-8cf0-412a-ab6f-00cd396697c9