NATO chief says some European allies were tested and failed in Iran war

https://www.reuters.com/world/nato-chief-says-some-european-allies-were-tested-failed-iran-war-2026-04-08/

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overkrill@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 151d (3 replies)

weasel words from rutte uncritically printed by reuters. "some countries (and i wont say which ones) did a bad thing (they know what it was)"

lath@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 151d (2 replies)

So Trump's US asking defensive allies of a defensive pact to participate in an unwarranted aggression against a country the pact has no trouble with?

john_t@piefed.ee · 6 pts · 150d

Even better, that area of the world isn't under the defense pact. When portuguese provinces in India were attacked in a full blown military invasion, NATO didn't step in. At the time those provinces were an integrant part of a NATO country, not a "territory" neither a colony.

Mihies@programming.dev · 3 pts · 151d

Rutte doesn't. The cherry on the pie top is that the Orange wanted members to send ships to Hormuz strait where they'd be sitting ducks.

vga@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 150d

I agree. USA failed.

NATO is not an offensive pact. And even if it fucking were a fucking offensive pact, if you want your allies to join in your fucking military campaign, you fucking ask for them to do it, before you fucking do it. Fuck.

mrdown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d

Can nato member fire him?