US May ‘Reexamine’ NATO’s Merit After Iran War Snub, Rubio Says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US may need to reassess its relationship with NATO after the Iran war is finished, calling the military alliance’s alleged lack of support during the Middle East conflict “very disappointing.”

Rubio assailed NATO members for denying access to military bases, following prior criticism from President Donald Trump that partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are “cowards” and that the alliance is a “paper tiger.”

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“The president and our country will have to reexamine all of this after this operation is over,” Rubio said in an interview with Al Jazeera. “If NATO ...