Has President Biden Broken NATO?

US President Joe Biden gives a press conference after the NATO summit at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021. © Olivier Hoslet, AFP  

WSJ editorial: How Biden Broke NATO 

The chaotic Afghan withdrawal has shocked and angered U.S. allies. Remember when candidate Joe Biden said America “needs a leader the world respects”? Apparently President Biden forgot. Of the many consequences of his misbegotten Afghanistan withdrawal, one of the more serious is the way it has damaged America’s relationships with its allies, especially in Europe. 

Afghanistan was an operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and America’s NATO allies have invested significant blood and treasure in the conflict. That includes tens of thousands of troops over 20 years, more than 1,100 of whom were killed, and billions of dollars spent on the military operation and reconstruction effort. 

This was a fulfillment of their obligations after the Sept. 11 terror attack led to the first invocation of the mutual self-defense clause in NATO’s founding treaty. European allies also have a stake in preventing a nation of nearly 40 million people from collapsing into a failed state that could trigger more mass migration to Europe, or become a new breeding ground for terrorism.  

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WNU Editor: According to many European pundits, the consensus is that President Biden's actions on Afghanistan and his refusal to consult with allies has undermined NATO to a degree that has never been seen before. Russian and Chinese media is saying the same thing.

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