The alliance's oldest guarantee, which came within one unsigned page of ending by departure rather than by decision.
The Secretary General writes directly to the President. Not custody, not security, not a change in who holds the weapons. One page conceding that the oldest guarantee in the alliance will not end by departure rather than by decision.
Feldjäger patrol vehicles park across the access road at Büchel and turn on their blue lights. Within forty minutes the same thing happens at Volkel and Kleine Brogel. Nobody approaches the inner wire.
Force the fence and start a war with three founding allies. Burn the weapons in place. Sit still and call it leverage. Or sign Rutte's page. Hegseth recommends sitting still.