Just permission to use shared NATO bases

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𝐕𝐃𝐇: “𝐖𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐈𝐍 𝐔𝐊𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄. 𝐖𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐀. 𝐖𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐃. 𝐖𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐍𝐎”

Victor Davis Hanson just delivered the most devastating indictment of NATO’s betrayal — and he did it with receipts.

America launched Operation Epic Fury to disarm an Iranian regime that for 𝟒𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 has killed Americans in embassies and military installations, funded H∗zbollah, H∗mas, and the Houthis — and whose ballistic missiles proved they could 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚.

America’s ask? Not troops. Not money. Just 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬.

“𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦.”

“𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯? ’𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.’ 𝘕𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

“𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺? 𝘕𝘰. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢? ’𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳.’”

VDH’s response was surgical:

“𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 1939, 1940, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. ’41, ’42, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.”

𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 — 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.