A glimpse into the mindset of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who argues that it is "crazy" to attack other countries in the 21st century

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Dimitri Lascaris

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Here’s a partial list of the states that Rutte does not consider to be “countries”: Palestine Lebanon Iran Iraq Yemen Syria Libya Somalia Venezuela Cuba Laos Vietnam Cambodia Panama Grenada Afghanistan Nigeria Burkina Faso Mali Nicaragua Feel free to add any that I missed.

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A glimpse into the mindset of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who argues that it is "crazy" to attack other countries in the 21st century—something, he says, that "grown-up democracies" simply do not do.

1:25 AM · Jul 11, 2026

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