US Plans to Cut Strategic Bombers and Warships Available to NATO in Crisis
🛡️ NATO — US is cannibalizing European deterrence to sustain the Gulf campaign. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pulling bombers and warships from NATO commitments confirms the two-theater bind is now a force allocation fact, not a planning concern. Moscow reads this directly — fewer US assets in Europe lower the cost of Russian pressure on the eastern flank. For Italy and southern European members hosting US bases, the deterrence gap is real and immediate. Berlin and Warsaw face it without notice.