Posted on 01/29/2026 7:51:07 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
At a Spanish port 50 miles northwest of Gibraltar, four Turkish Navy ships, including a brand-new amphibious assault ship that doubles as an aircraft carrier, were set to arrive Friday to take part in NATO military exercises.
Heavy winds had delayed the Turkish vessels, but once they dock at the Spanish Navy port, they will form a fleet with Spanish ships, sail around the continent and rendezvous with French, German, Polish and Dutch vessels. They will then travel to Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, bringing tanks, landing craft, helicopters, drones and troops from southern Europe to northern Germany.
About 10,000 troops from 11 nations will participate. But not a single U.S. weapon or soldier will be among them. Conceived long before President Trump was accused of undermining faith in the military alliance and its defense pact, the exercise, called Steadfast Dart, is being watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their largest and most important partner.
On paper, Steadfast Dart is designed to gauge how quickly the countries can get their military assets from one end of the continent to the other in case of an attack, a test of NATO’s Allied Reaction Force. But it comes as European leaders are scrambling to respond to signals from Washington that the NATO alliance is no longer as untouchable as it once was.
“This exercise could well give an impression of the future of a Europeanized NATO,” said Lukas Mengelkamp, an analyst at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
The operation is the largest NATO exercise planned for this year, and with it, European NATO partners aim to show what they can do on their own.
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“Are they making the soldiers walk in heels this time too?
https://youtu.be/zxb_3Ygiuzw“
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Doubtful, but it’s a damn shame the world is now preparing for defensive war against the US. Can’t say I blame them, since careful deliberation in foreign affairs has been relegated to the trash.
Can you visualize Turkish soldiers being willing and eager to die for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia?
Not a chance.
European NATO isn’t much without Turkey, and when article 5 is invoked, I seriously doubt Turkey would heed the call
I can’t see Turkey helping to defend a majority Non-Muslim nation against one that is fully Muslim. Islam is going to hold priority. E-Dog would not even apologize for such a decision.
Turkish war ships cannot make headway in a gale?
Good for them.
They need to learn to coordinate amongst themselves.
The European countries aren’t doing anything right now except sending weapons to Ukraine. America is busy sending ships to the Persian Gulf to support the people of Iran. America is trying to restore American influence in the Western Hemisphere. America is probably going to be having to protect Taiwan. The Europeans would love the Americans to participate and bring food and drinks to the party. I wonder what good it would do to practice landing in Germany anyway. It’s miserable and cold.
That won't be an issue—they'll get along with the UK, France, Sweden, Belgium, etc.
Poland might withdraw from NATO.
We have bigger fish to fry.
“That won’t be an issue—they’ll get along with the UK, France, Sweden, Belgium, etc.
Poland might withdraw from NATO.”
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Low hanging Putin fruit if they go it alone.
The galley slaves get tired rowing into the wind.
More likely pulled into a port to avoid the rain.
People like you should be relegated to the trash.
Oh just shut up.
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No one cares what you think. What a loser.
(NATO Is Having a Military Exercise. The U.S.,
Its Largest Member, WON’T BE THERE.)
Well, I had a Democrat tell me last week about
how NATO is going to defend Greenland against
President Trump (and the U.S. Military of course)
😀😃😄😂🤣🤣🤣
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“since careful deliberation in foreign affairs has been relegated to the trash.”
OK DU troll boy. I’d call it putting America first for once, not some stink foreigners that resent us.
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