No matter — President Ronald Reagan rightly saw the importance of solidarity with a NATO member and a long-time American ally. The NATO response to an Iranian missile aimed at fellow NATO member Turkey was anemic. Yet a successful American effort in neutering a theocratic Iran was clearly of benefit to Europe. The combined population of the European Union and European NATO members is around 450 million–a population more than 100 million greater than that of the U.S. If you wanted to wreck the alliance, there would be no better way than to follow the duplicitous examples of Western European NATO members.

Source: Libya Today April 11, 2026 07:26 UTC