NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday he believes that some NATO ‌countries were tested and failed amid Washington’s criticism over European allies not getting involved in the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran.

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    THIS is the problem with not having explicit criteria for contributing, & therefore explicit criteria for NOT contributing:

    HAD other NATO countries publically insisted that there was a real, workable, objective framework for dismantling the war as a prerequisite to contributing … THEN Trump wouldn’t be able to false-frame it this way.

    He was, being a Russian asset, fundamentally, already committed to dismantling NATO, & that inaction handed him leverage to swing more of the world with…

    Yes, MAGA’s got more ideological “ammunition”, now, thanks to that mental-mushiness.

    grr…

    Best-practices CAN make difference, in many contexts!

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      With deranged and demented serial liars like Trump, it really doesn’t matter what you do, they will always find a way to frame everything as being your fault.