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With Friends Like These: America and Its Fake Allies
Nils A. Haug
April 4, 2026

Some of America’s friends, purported Western allies, have shown their true colors at last. Regrettably, without shame, they have proven to be nothing but parasites. While basking in the protection offered by America’s military capability so they can fund their bulging, barely-functioning welfare programs, and taking advantage of America’s powerful economy with preferential tariffs in their favor, when asked for support, these putative allies run for cover. In naming and shaming these “fair-weather” friends – Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Greece and the United Kingdom, among others, the last might be a good place to start. Somehow, somewhere along the line, leading politicians of the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer specifically, seem to have overlooked a bit of history. During World War II, Great Britain would have been destroyed by Germany but for one crucial factor – the military and economic might of the United States. READ MORE

JPOST Spain is failing the West and weakening Europe’s diplomatic hand Spain, under Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has chosen a shameful role in the confrontation between the West and the Iranian regime. In recent weeks, Madrid blocked US use of the jointly operated Rota and Moron bases for strikes connected to the Iran campaign, later closed its airspace to American military aircraft involved in that effort, and this week announced it would reopen its embassy in Tehran. At the same time, Spain intensified its pressure on Israel and called for the European Union to suspend its association agreement with the Jewish state.