Wary allies show there's no quick fix to Trump's Iran crisis

Throughout his two terms in office, Donald Trump hasn't been shy to criticise – even to attack – Washington's Nato allies.

But his latest suggestion – that failing to secure the Strait of Hormuz would be "very bad for the future of Nato" – implies an understanding of the alliance's purpose that has already raised eyebrows.

"Nato was created as a…defensive alliance," Gen Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of the Defence Staff, told the BBC on Monday.

"It was not an alliance that was designed for one of the allies to go on a war of choice and then oblige everybody else to follow," he said. "I'm not sure that's the sort of Nato that any of us wanted to belong to."

Coming from a president who only two months ago was making strident claims to Greenland, the sovereign territory of a fellow Nato member, there's more than a little irony in his latest remarks.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r17plnvy3o

Ya think? Bully starts a fight he can't finish, and NOW he want some others to help? Yeah, no.