#GeoPol #GulfWar

PS:

"#Greece has deployed a U.S.-made #Patriot air ​defence ​battery, operated ⁠by #Greek personnel, in #SaudiArabia since ​2021 under an agreement ​to ⁠help protect the kingdom's energy infrastructure.
Saturday's interception was the second time ⁠that ​Greek personnel had operated ​the system."

reuters.com/business/aerospace…

Cc @newsguyusa

for confused Europeans working through the shifting sands of the #geopolitics of the modern world:

2016: #USA is the #military "protector of the free world"

2026: #Ukraine is "protector of the free world" ( #USA has devolved into that incoherent bigot uncle you do your best to ignore at family gatherings)

adjust your budgets and attitudes accordingly

" #Trump says #US will grant Ukraine's request for license to build #Patriot interceptors"

cbsnews.com/news/trump-ukraine…

#UkraineWar #EU #Europe

Trump says U.S. will grant Ukraine's request for license to build Patriot interceptors

"A little birdie told me this, about the fact that we'll give them the right to make Patriots," President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

^{Kathryn Watson (CBS News)}