NATO Confronts Its Doomsday Scenario
The last thing the world wants to contemplate in the wake of the US-Iran military showdown is a Russian attack on NATO.
Flags of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries at the summit in The Hague, Netherlands.
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The last thing the world wants to contemplate in the wake of the US military showdown with Iran is a Russian attack on NATO. But that’s exactly what’s on the mind of the alliance’s war planners as NATO leaders convene today in The Hague.