Amid Iran’s chokehold of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump told nations who are not actively involved in the war to "start learning how to fight" for themselves and take the oil from the key passageway.
Markets looking for any excuse to cut some of its losses. The Big move UP after the “announcement” that more and more looks to be someone purposely trying to move the markets, won’t hold IMHO
Spain, Turkey ? .. I recall 2 which I have seen refuse overflights .. if true, that's only some of Nato ..
( oh, I see now I can add Italy not wanting US planes to land .. )
Apparently our US bases/assets in those counties are exclusively for either protecting them or whatever they feel is their agenda. In other words, those assets are not ours to use even though it's our equipment and soldiers. Welcome to out "allies".
The US did. And did so with Israel without asking anyone’s opinion
Now Trump is whining because nobody will bail him out if his clusterfuck
I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t want to have my kids die for him either.
If my neighbor goes on a binge and kills someone, I’m not likely to post his bail
1. Start war. Do not tell allies.
2. Blow stuff up.
3. Demand regime change.
4. Blow up more stuff.
5. Demand unconditional surrender.
6. Get angry when enemy fights back.
7. Make threats.
8. Back down. Repeat.
9. Demand allies finish war.
10. Walk away.
1. Tell the "allies" in advance and expect them not to leak it.
3. Demands are: no nukes, no proxies, no ballistic missiles. That's all.
5. See #3
7. Threats made and FAFO implemented. You ain't seen nothing yet. It ain't done.
9. It's their backyard given ballistic missiles exist.
10. Smell ya later grifters.
Apparently our US bases/assets in those counties are exclusively for either protecting them or whatever they feel is their agenda. In other words, those assets are not ours to use even though it's our equipment and soldiers. Welcome to out "allies".
USA spent a long time building up and investing in an alliance system .. only to have one President claim he does not want it anymore
USA will be in massive trouble if we have no allies.
USA will be unable to project power.
Some NATO members are spending a very significant amount on their military
( Poland, Baltics, Finland .. basically everyone which had been under or attacked by Russia in the past )
France never trusted the USA nuclear backing .. so they got their own Nukes, as well as building their own fighters