Rubio Gets An Earful From G7 Allies

 

The foreign ministers of the G7 met in Vaux-de-Cernay, France and U.S. Secretary of State "Li'l Marco" Rubio was there to sell his moronic boss' position on the Iran war of choice. Most of the ministers weren't buying the sales pitch. From the Associated Press:

"Top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries showed divisions with the United States over the Iran war but agreed Friday during a meeting in France to call for an immediate halt to attacks against civilians and urge the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined his G7 counterparts a day after President Donald Trump lobbed his latest round of insults at other NATO countries, making it even more difficult for America’s top diplomat to try to sell the U.S. strategy for the Iran conflict to close allies. [snip]

Most of America’s closest allies have greeted the Iran war with deep skepticism, which was on display as the G7 foreign ministers gathered at a historic 12th century abbey in Vaux-de-Cernay, outside Paris, even as they urged a diplomatic solution. Four weeks into the war that the U.S. and Israel launched, the allies face concerns about instability in the oil markets and uncertainty over potential negotiations to end the crisis.

Several EU countries, now grappling with economic consequences of the war, have said they were not consulted by the U.S. before it launched its military actions in Iran. French Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin said Friday that the war “is not ours,” adding that France’s position is strictly defensive."  [our emphasis]

Time and again, the profoundly ignorant and criminal Malignant Fascist has threatened members of the NATO alliance, from expressing a desire that Canada be the 51st state, to threats to seize Greenland from Denmark, to criticism over NATO not joining his war of choice. NATO officials have repreatedly reminded the MF that the treaty is for mutual defense, not to join in offensive wars like with Iran. The MF has always falsely seen the alliance as a protection racket, where our allies "pay" us to defend them, perhaps confusing his experiences in New York City's organized crime scene.

Of course, Russian thug and war criminal Vladimir Putin is watching his American stooge with delight, as oil prices increase, as the U.S. digs deeper into its war of choice, and as the NATO alliance shows signs of fracturing, a singular goal of his since the Soviet Union fell. Good times for the Kremlin.

(photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP/Getty)