JD Vance says Europe should have done more to stop Iraq War

US Vice President JD Vance called connected Europe to amusement greater independency successful an interrogation published connected Tuesday, urging countries not to beryllium "US vssals."

He besides said EU capitals could person done much to reason Washington implicit the Iraq War.

Many European nations were close astir the folly of the US-led penetration of Iraq, US President JD Vance said successful an interrogation with the right-wing quality website UnHerd

After his blistering onslaught connected Europe's leaders astatine the Munich Security Conference successful February, citing civilization warfare issues and migration, Vance sought to overgarment a much affirmative representation of his feelings toward the continent.

What Vance said on Europe and the Iraq War

"I emotion Europe ... I emotion European people," Vance told the website, adding: "It's not bully for Europe to beryllium the imperishable information vassal of the United States," echoing his erstwhile disapproval of galore European states for their alleged information and economical dependence connected the US.

According to Vance, it is "good for the United States" if Europe is much "independent" — allowing countries to "stand up" to US overseas argumentation decisions.

Vance, who served arsenic a subject writer for six months successful Iraq with the US Marines, said European nations that had opposed the Iraq War could person been much robust successful their absorption to then-US President George W Bush's White House.

"I deliberation a batch of European nations were close astir our penetration of Iraq. And frankly, if the Europeans had been a small much independent, and a small much consenting to basal up, past possibly we could person saved the full satellite from the strategical catastrophe that was the American-led penetration of Iraq."

How was Europe split connected Iraq?

German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was vocal successful opposing the war, calling it "The Mother of each Misjudgements" and making absorption to the warfare a run contented successful Germany's 2002 wide election.

Meanwhile, French President Jacques Chirac publically stated that France would veto immoderate UN solution authorizing war.

Belgium and Greece were among the states astir supportive of the Franco-German absorption to the war, portion countries similar the UK, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Denmark supported the US-led invasion.

What other has JD Vance said astir Europe?

Since becoming vice president successful January, Vance has adopted a combative attack to Europe. Like US President Donald Trump, helium has criticized the continent for a deficiency of defence spending and a dependence connected exporting to the United States.

The vice president, who is visiting Rome implicit Easter, utilized his code astatine the Munich Security Conference to disregard threats posed by Russia and China arsenic the biggest ones facing Europe. Instead, helium accused European leaders of censoring escaped speech and failing to perceive to voters connected immigration.

Vance's governmental antipathy to Europe was besides made wide successful a chat radical connection connected Yemen reported by The Atlantic mag successful which helium said: "I conscionable hatred bailing Europe retired again."

Edited by: Zac Crellin