🇺🇸 A Graphical Representation of Diplomatic Detachment

​This photo, showing a complex, multi-waypoint flight path, perfectly encompasses the strategic friction in the NATO-U.S. relationship today. The U.S. military aircraft (indicated by the blue icon at the start) is taking a massive, resource-intensive detour over the Atlantic and Mediterranean, explicitly circumventing the airspace of core NATO allies such as Portugal, Spain, and France.