Europeans ready for defensive military actions in region after Iranian strikes in the Gulf

It took a weekend for European leaders to move past their initial wait-and-see approach to the crisis shaking the Middle East after the Israeli and US attack on Iran. Confronted with a fait accompli, European capitals responded with extreme caution on Saturday, February 28, to the strikes that decapitated Iran’s leadership and military command. Paris, Berlin and London said they were committed to “regional stability and ‌to the ​protection of…