President Macron used the incident as another example of his belief that NATO is “brain-dead.” That is more an attempt to switch off the life-support machine and build a better European fighting force than a statement of reality. Macron is leading the charge for an EU army, but given German hesitancy, the British withdrawal from the EU, and with an Atlanticist in the White House in the shape of Joe Biden, he’s finding it tough going.
