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Now that you know the purpose of NATO and that it's a hedge against a U.S.

competitor in Europe, it's important to acknowledge that European nations can't stay off the front line because they are the front line for NATO.

If the people who gave you your talking point about percentages of GDP spent never brought this up, they're not giving you the full story and they're doing it on purpose.

Anyway, it's just a thought.

Y'all have a good day.

Trump changed his position again.

Rubio said there won't be any ground troops, even as thousands are being deployed.

And there's lots of things that will be easy gotcha moments that can be leaned into for viral content.

We're a month into the war and past the original four-week time frame.

And this is how things are going.

Iran launched missiles at Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and maybe the UAE, but that damage may have been caused by falling debris from an intercepted missile.

A strike at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia left at least 10 American service members wounded, 12 by some reporting, along with damaging some aircraft.

Gulf countries are also warning against increased activity from Iran-backed non-state actors.

It appears the leashes in Tehran have been dropped.

The Houthis in Yemen reportedly launched a missile at Israel.

If they were to truly enter the war and start disrupting shipping in the Red Sea, we're in for another huge economic shock.

It's important to know that the Houthis now have some domestic missile production capability, so they aren't as reliant on Iran for support as they once were.

Israel destroyed bridges that cut off southern Lebanon.

That appears to be setting the stage for a larger fight.

They're also promising to expand strikes in Iran, which is likely giving Trump world heartburn, as they're not even getting unified support for Trump's war at the CPAC convention.