非欧洲战争持续撕裂北约，而美国与以色列持续一个月的对伊朗空袭已成为最尖锐的对抗，华盛顿把欧洲不配合重开霍尔木兹海峡并未支持美国行动归咎于可能导致永久性决裂。4月7日的停火阻止了美国总统将威胁升级到“整个文明将灭亡”所指向的立即升级，但他仍在4月8日公开警告盟友“我们需要时北约不在场”。他长期批评北约，且把这次裂痕归咎于欧洲反对他索要格陵兰的要求，同时在3月30日，曾是坚定捍卫者的马可·卢比奥改口称北约是“单程道路”并应重新审视。
在政策层面，西班牙最公开对抗：其几乎仅达到北约既定的2% GDP国防支出门槛，却拒绝3.5%的新目标；意大利也限制美国飞机使用西西里基地；法国仅有限度支援，以派遣战斗机协助阿联酋拦截无人机并派航母捍卫塞浦路斯，而英国也直到后来才开放基地以保护附近国家免受报复。自这场行动开始，伊朗仅允许少量船舶离开霍尔木兹海峡，而该海峡承载约五分之一的全球海运石油，以及大致相当比例的液化天然气和化肥。
在停火前，英国和法国在海上护航任务条件上分歧，法国要求其主导并排除美国、并可能引入印度或中国，英国则认为若伊朗维持控制，只有美国主导的指挥才能保护盟军。前美国驻北约大使伊沃·达尔德说，过去三个月比联盟历史上任何其他三个月都造成更大损害；外交界预期7月安卡拉峰会要么通过强化北约欧洲支柱来稳定这种损害，要么为美国部分撤离做准备，后者包括部队重新部署和指挥撤换。
Non-European wars are continuing to tear NATO apart, and the month-long US-Israel bombing campaign against Iran has become the sharpest confrontation, with Washington blaming European reluctance to reopen Hormuz or fully support US operations for what could become a permanent rupture. The April 7 ceasefire prevented the immediate escalation tied to Trump's warning that “a whole civilisation will die,” but he still publicly warned allies on April 8 that “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.” A longtime critic of the alliance, he framed the split around Europe’s refusal to back his Greenland demand, while Marco Rubio, once a staunch defender, shifted on March 30 by calling NATO a “one-way street” and saying the relationship should be re-examined.
On policy and posture, Spain has been the most confrontational: it barely met NATO’s existing 2% of GDP defense benchmark yet rejected the new 3.5% target; Italy restricted US aircraft from a Sicilian base; France offered selective support by sending fighters to assist UAE drone shoot-downs and a carrier to protect Cyprus, while Britain opened its bases only later to defend neighboring states from retaliation. Since the campaign began, Iran has allowed only a handful of ships to leave the Strait of Hormuz, even though the waterway carries about one-fifth of global seaborne oil and similar shares of liquefied natural gas and fertilizer.
Before the ceasefire, Britain and France diverged over conditions for a convoy mission, with France pressing to lead it while excluding the US and possibly inviting India or China, and Britain arguing that if Iran kept control, only US-led command could secure allied forces. Former US ambassador Ivo Daalder says the past three months inflicted more damage than any other three-month period in NATO’s history, and observers expect the July Ankara summit to either stabilize matters by strengthening the European pillar or prepare for partial US disengagement, including troop relocation and command changes.
Source: European allies are losing hope of keeping America in NATO
Subtitle: Donald Trump is furious at their refusal to help his war against Ira
Dateline: 4月 09, 2026 04:23 上午