I noted back in 2019 that while our European allies have some excellent warships, they refuse to invest in regularly deploying or keeping those warships at high readiness. The slothful European military response to the war in Iran further testifies to this neglect.

European nations are struggling mightily to deploy even minimal forces to defend their citizens and European Union member Cyprus from Iranian drone attacks. European powers are concerned about being entangled in a conflict of highly uncertain duration and outcome. Still, purely defensive interests demanded Europe’s more robust military response.

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While the United Kingdom had several F-35B and Typhoon fighter jets already stationed at its base in Cyprus, its HMS Dragon air defense destroyer has not yet even departed its U.K. port. And while Prime Minister Keir Starmer has now put an aircraft carrier on notice to deploy, a signal of deepening U.K. concern at the damage Starmer’s weakness has done to the special relationship, no........

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