"Not Our War"

 

Our NATO allies, along with Japan and South Korea, have made it clear that they don't want to be dragged into the war that the delusional draft-dodging Malignant Fascist launched against Iran.  Our European allies met to discuss the MF's threat to undercut NATO if he didn't get their help in opening the Strait of Hormuz, and their response was entirely warranted:

"Europe's message to Donald Trump on Monday was clear: We're not helping you secure the Strait of Hormuz. 

Foreign ministers from the 27 EU countries gathered in Brussels to discuss the American president’s call for European countries to help secure the narrow waterway, a vital oil shipping channel that Iran has largely blocked in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. [snip]

But after hours of closed-door talks about the war in Iran, Europe’s foreign envoys made clear they see this as America’s problem to solve.

'Europe has no interest in an open-ended war,' EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Monday evening after the meeting. 'This is not Europe’s war, but Europe’s interests are directly at stake.'

Although there was a 'clear wish' among ministers 'to strengthen” the EU’s naval mission in the Middle East, 'there was no appetite in changing the mandate,' Kallas said, referring to sending warships to the strait.

'Extending this mandate to cover the Strait of Hormuz ... there was no appetite from the member states to do that,' she repeated. 'Nobody wants to go actively in this war.'"  (our emphasis)

NATO countries are trying to penetrate the MF's thick skull to note that the alliance is a defensive one, not meant to support members who launch offensive wars on their own, and without consultation with them.  Part of the MF's plea for NATO support is likely to provide a scapegoat if something goes wrong. We've noted today that Cadet Bone Spurs is already looking at our military leaders as scapegoats, and wondering why they didn't stop his foolish attack plan, after they repeatedly warned him that Iran would close the Strait.  More:

“'The Americans chose this path, together with the Israelis,' German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said, adding that Germany’s main responsibility was to defend NATO territory.

'We did not start this war,' Pistorius stressed.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also poured scorn on the idea of committing Berlin to the conflict, triggered when the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran on Feb. 28 and killed the Iranian supreme leader. 'NATO is a defensive alliance, not an interventionist one. And that is precisely why NATO has no place here at all,' Merz said." (our emphasis)

The damage that the MF's done to our alliances is severe and will take years to repair, if ever.

(photo: War buddies. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)