NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sweden’s chief of defense, Gen. Michael Claesson, about NATO, the wars in Ukraine and Iran, and Europe’s relationship with the United States. […]
Kelly: President Trump has been demanding that U.S. allies join the war in Iran and help secure the Strait of Hormuz. He called NATO countries cowards for refusing to pitch in. His word. Will you pitch in? Will Sweden send warships to help the United States and Israel?
Claesson: At the end of the day, this is a political question. Do we have capabilities? Yes. Yes, many of the allies do have capabilities and – but it needs to be addressed also through the NATO channels to be dealt with politically. How do we balance that together with other NATO commitments that all the 32 allies have concluded that these are priorities for the alliance right now? Läs intervjun