
Numeris
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The casuistry here is remarkable. This is the simple reality: Like most Americans, most Europeans think this war is a bad idea.Their governments are being asked to take a huge risk by a man who has proved unreliable, volatile and intemperate over and over. Who would do that?


French President Macron on the Strait of Hormuz: "Opening it by force is not the option we have chosen, we consider it unrealistic. A military operation would take an infinite amount of time and expose forces to immense coastal and ballistic risks. From the beginning, we have said it must be reopened, but only in coordination with Iran. The world cannot live with a strait that can be opened or closed overnight."




BREAKING: Russia, China, and France are blocking an Arab-backed push at the UN Security Council to authorize military action against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, per NYT. According to diplomats, the three veto powers oppose any resolution language that would permit the use of force.

As French bashing is at its best today (again), with a lot of completely made up quotes, in particular, the false statement of US Gen Schwarzkopf ("Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion…"), HERE is what Schwarzkopf said about French Army in 1991

Seriously? Russia, China and France on Thursday effectively stymied a push by Arab countries to get the United Nations Security Council to authorize military action against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying they opposed any language authorizing force, according to a diplomat and a senior U.N. official. nytimes.com/2026/04/02/wor… via @NYTimes





Europe First is certainly not an issue among leading European politicians. Greenland was the tipping point and caused lasting damage to trust. Especially in wartime, trust is essential. In NATO combat operations, allied troops are usually under U.S. command. In any operation, the chain of command has to function. But if there is no trust in the command, that simply does not work.






Godspeed, Artemis II!









