Germany to Trump: We won’t help you reopen the Strait of Hormuz

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Germany to Trump: We won’t help you reopen the Strait of Hormuz - Lemmy.ca

“This war has nothing to do with NATO. It’s not NATO’s war,” Stefan Kornelius, a spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, told reporters in Berlin on Monday. “NATO is a defensive alliance, an alliance for the defense of its territory,” he added.

Are we going have that brain-dead ‘freedom’ fries bullshit again? Is this really going to be a repeat of 2003 Iraq? Seeing the limitless supply of brain rot in the US, probably we will.
Even if there’s a full scale invasion of Iran, a repeat of the aftermath of Irak is unlikely. Irak was much more of an artificial country with the major divisions between Kurds, Shia, and Sunni. While Iran also has a bunch of large minorities, it’s more cohesive overall.