Trump is Dead Wrong to Pull Out of NATO

As my mother would often say, “You made your bed, now sleep in it.”

Why Trump is Dead Wrong:

Donald Trump learned nothing from recent history when George W. Bush, in 2003, made a false claim that Iraq possessed WMDs as his justification for starting that ill-conceived war, costing thousands of US lives as well as our allies who went along.

Trump’s own false claim that Iran was weeks away from having its own nuclear bomb flies in the face of his claim that we obliterated their nuclear program in June of last year. He fired a handful of analysts who disputed this claim of obliteration.

The attack on Iran seems to have many fathers. The imminent threat claim, the WMD claim, the missiles reaching the US claim, and even that we were forced to preemptively attack Iran after Israel attacked them to prevent Iran from attacking US interests in retaliation for Israel’s attack.

Before the joint US/Israeli attack on Iran, no NATO or EU nations were consulted. No coalition was built. No advice was sought. It appears that any risks to the Strait of Hormuz or our regional allies were either never brought to Trump’s attention or, if they were, he ignored any advice against going to war.

The Iranians responded as any nation would and in the only way they could, not in a toe-to-toe match-up, but with their plentiful and cheap missile/drone arsenal. Their navy was mostly coastal in nature. Their air forces were mostly grounded. Our forces easily knocked out most of their conventional military. Any claim by Pete Hegseth of some resounding victory is hollow and even shameful.

The Iranians began to hit our allies with their cheap missiles and drones. They targeted our troops and facilities stationed in the area, and, more importantly, closed the Strait of Hormuz. After one month, the US is unable to reopen it for shipping.

Only after the fact did Trump beg for help from NATO to, in effect, save Trump from a mess of his own creation, but one that has catastrophic global consequences. He, at first, said that he didn’t need help, but claimed ships were on the way, only to be rebuffed by every single ally with a unified message of: This is not our war.

The US was not attacked or even close to being threatened by Iran. We did not consult with anyone, and only later did we realize that the war was a huge gamble and a mistake of epic proportions.

Trump cooked his own goose, but wants to blame NATO.

He can pound sand as far as they are concerned.

Iran holds all of the cards, and Trump knows it.