Take a moment to check your watch. It’s time for yet another betrayal from America’s so-called “allies” in Europe.
For more than a month, countries like Spain, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy have been putting up barriers as the United States attempts to degrade and dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons development and ballistic missile production. They’ve closed their airspace to American flights and denied the U.S. use of their bases, all the while looking down their noses and criticizing from the sidelines.
Now, with a fragile ceasefire in place since Tuesday, our European “friends” have decided they should dictate the terms of the negotiations, despite having done nothing to assist in the conflict and actively working against American efforts. This includes their demand for the protection of Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of any agreement to end Operation Epic Fury.
Consider this: why would a terrorist group in Lebanon feel the need to take part in a ceasefire concerning a conflict that’s over a thousand miles away? If you can answer that, there’s a reward waiting for you.
Here’s a list of countries that have joined together to issue a joint letter demanding that:
Emmanuel Macron — France
Giorgia Meloni — Italy
Friedrich Merz — Germany
Keir Starmer — United Kingdom
Mark Carney — Canada
Nicusor Dan — Romania
Mette Frederiksen — Denmark
Bjarni Benediktsson Frostadóttir — Iceland
Rob Jetten — Netherlands
Ulf Kristersson — Sweden
Michal Šime?ka — Slovakia
Kyriakos Mitsotakis — Greece
Pedro Sánchez — Spain
Jonas Gahr Støre — Norway
Alexander Stubb — Finland
Sanae Takaichi — Japan
Ursula von der Leyen — European Commission (EU)
Antonio Costa — European Council (EU)
Note that this letter was sent less than a day after the Trump administration confirmed that Lebanon was not included in any ceasefire agreement with Iran.
Instead of backing the United States’ play on the matter, our European “allies” rushed to side with the IRGC (and Russia, China, etc.) in idiotically connecting the two issues.
The level of cognitive dissonance is truly remarkable. On one hand, these individuals refuse to acknowledge that Hezbollah acts as an extension of Iran’s offensive strategy, insisting that the regime did not instigate this conflict through its aggressive actions. Yet, in the very next moment, they make diplomatic connections between Hezbollah and Iran, validating the very claim they seek to deny. I would say they are on the verge of understanding it, but that implies they don’t already know. No, they understand that Hezbollah functions merely as Iran’s ground forces in Lebanon. They are simply too cowardly to confront the reality of that situation.
Which brings me to the question: What is the point of these alliances anymore? Europe has become a troubling mix of Islamization and socialistic decline, leading to a deprivation of basic rights for those who publicly oppose these trends. Militarily, they offer the United States little of real value. Take the situation in Ukraine, for instance. While Ukraine did provide support during Operation Epic Fury, European nations express concern about an existential threat yet refuse to commit direct military force to help repel Russia. This is their continent facing a threat, and all they can do is issue loans and make strongly-worded statements, all while still funding Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
I’m exhausted. I’m exhausted from observing the United States cover 65 percent of NATO’s military resources for an alliance that benefits only one side. Yes, I recognize that the Europeans deployed troops to Afghanistan years ago, and I will always respect that to a degree (most NATO nations didn’t do any of the fighting there but were ‘there’ to ‘be there’). And that was years ago. The leadership and dynamics have undoubtedly shifted, and the current setup is simply a win-win for them, while America faces a loss either way. It is long overdue for Europe to face the repercussions of the world it so fervently seeks.