US Cuts Jets, Tankers and Drones From NATO Standing Forces, Warns Allies to Fill Gap
🛡️ NATO — Washington is moving deterrence east to south, and telling Europe to cope. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: US pulling jets, tankers, naval assets, and drones from NATO Standing Forces mid-Iran war exposes the zero-sum reality of American power projection. Grynkewich's warning means European gaps are immediate, not hypothetical. For Moscow, any NATO thinning is opportunity. For Brussels, this forces the defense spending reckoning — not in a decade, now.