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2026-04-01 Europe
The French Straw Just Broke NATO's Back
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Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-01 02:07|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1848 views ]  Top
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1 Italy risks Trump's wrath as US bombers are denied access to Sicily air base when pilots tried to land without army's permission
Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-01 05:58||   2026-04-01 05:58|| Front Page Top

2 Trump strongly considering pulling US out of NATO, Britain's Telegraph reports
Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-01 06:00||   2026-04-01 06:00|| Front Page Top

3 More key US allies block military flights as Iran war rift widens with Trump
Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-01 06:22||   2026-04-01 06:22|| Front Page Top

4 You can always depend on the French.
Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-01 08:07||   2026-04-01 08:07|| Front Page Top

5 All of the countries have a large Islamic migrant population, I suspect they fear riots and internal terrorist attacks.

France: Not the first time France has done this, France did the same thing during the US attack on Libya in 1986. They have also denied overflight to a SR-71 returning from a mission (which we ignored). France doesn't like being reminded that France just isn't that important to the US or the rest of the world.
Germany: We spent decades after WWII teaching Germany not be militarily aggressive. They learned that lesson a bit too well.
England: Starmer is a world class idiot.
Posted by Chantry 2026-04-01 08:35||   2026-04-01 08:35|| Front Page Top

6 And we shouldn't withdraw from NATO, just reduce our basing in many of the NATO countries and pivot toward making the Pacific our primary focus.
Like remaining in the UN, remaining in NATO gives us more options than not being a member.
Posted by Chantry 2026-04-01 08:38||   2026-04-01 08:38|| Front Page Top

7 Trump is not going to kill NATO.
It's going to commit suicide.
Posted by ed in texas 2026-04-01 08:49||   2026-04-01 08:49|| Front Page Top

8 EUrope is dead. Best to put the zombie down.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-04-01 09:26||   2026-04-01 09:26|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-04-01 09:41||   2026-04-01 09:41|| Front Page Top

10 hijo de puta = son of a whore bitch
Posted by Frank G 2026-04-01 09:45||   2026-04-01 09:45|| Front Page Top

11 Puta madre is the Mexican phrase for motherfucker
Posted by badanov 2026-04-01 11:54||   2026-04-01 11:54|| Front Page Top

12 Rubio Thanks Portugal for Its ‘Close Cooperation’ with the U.S.
Posted by Frank G 2026-04-01 12:31||   2026-04-01 12:31|| Front Page Top

13 The linguistic knowledge of the Burg, always impressive.
Posted by Knuckles Grundy 2026-04-01 17:00||   2026-04-01 17:00|| Front Page Top

14 ^ San Diego native. I learned that stuff in elementary school, before I ever took Spanish classes ;-)
Posted by Frank G 2026-04-01 17:20||   2026-04-01 17:20|| Front Page Top

15 for our European friends as they see the future at last:

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-04-01 21:35||   2026-04-01 21:35|| Front Page Top

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20:58 SteveS
20:49 Frank G
20:46 badanov
19:55 Secret Master
19:54 European Conservative
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