Rutte assures that the US and Israel offensive against Iran has “massive” support in NATO
The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, affirmed on Wednesday that the military offensive launched by the United States with Israel against Iran has “massive” support among the Atlantic allies in an interview in which he defended the campaign of the Donald Trump Administration while at the same time wanting to remove irony from the disagreements expressed by some European States.
“It is true that NATO is not involved, but obviously the allies massively support the actions of the president (Trump) and are also allowing what the United States is doing now in the region,” Rutte declared in an interview with the American right-wing network Newsmax.
Subsequently, the head of the Alliance has been asked about the disagreements expressed regarding the offensive by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the president of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez. However, he has chosen not to mention the PSOE leader in his response and has focused on France, claiming that, despite the differences, he is allowing “the United States to use, in terms of facilitation and support, French assets in the region.”
“And that is precisely why NATO is there. NATO is there to protect us collectively against any adversary, be it Russia or any other, or terrorism. But it is also a platform for the United States to project its power on the world stage,” Rutte went on to defend, before stating that “this campaign in Iran needs NATO allies to positively commit to these requests for bases.” “The fact that we remain united, the United States, Europe and Canada, is also crucial to the success of this American-Israeli campaign,” he added.
The Secretary General has acknowledged that there are “debates” in NATO, but that these do not interfere with support for Washington in campaigns such as the one carried out against Iran. “We are an alliance of democracies, but in the end we will follow American leadership when it comes to these crucial moments,” he said.
In line, he stated that “the United States works at full speed and, sometimes, these cumbersome decision-making processes in Europe take time,” but he assured that he is “in constant contact with European leaders,” among whom, according to him, “there is broad support for the action of the American president.”
The tenant of the White House, for his part, has limited himself to publishing a brief message on social networks in which he has given “thanks to our great Secretary General of NATO.” (EP)
