It is lucky Spain and other N.A.T.O. countries thumbed their noses at letting U. S. aircraft use bases in their countries for the Iran war, now the U.S. has no obligation to defend N.A.T.O. countries if Russia retaliates shooting down British, Rumanian or Spanish jets.
I doubt Russia will soon reply to the N.A.T.O. first strike indiscretion. The prospect for a wider conflict for the U.S.A. to observe has been ignited though. One hopes the N.A.T.O. fuse fizzles out.
