Originally Posted by
AirScotia
You mean NATO? The US seems wholly uninterested in NATO except for the useful European bases it provides. If hostilities do break out in Europe with, say, Russia attacking a Baltic country, I think it's doubtful whether Trump would step up to support NATO. It fact, it seems plausible that he might support Putin against the European nations. So I think the chances of Euro troops having to follow US leadership are small while the current administration prevails. NATO is on its last legs.
Until this Iran debacle, I'm pretty sure most nations had a fair degree of trust in US military competence, and assumed military leaders wouldn't allow the CiC to make really stupid decisions. But the CiC has made stunningly stupid decisions, and the US military has done its best to obey them. No non-US leader is going to risk its own troops to such strategic naivety.
Do you acknowledge that there are foreign troops under US command?
Should you not, let me introduce you to the USAF General who leads SHAPE. He is the man who would lead the NATO response to your notional attack.
https://shape.nato.int/saceur-2