Germany Signals Major Allied Rupture Over U.S. Iran War

What had been widening cracks in Western backing for the U.S. war against Iran are starting to look more like a strategic fissure, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivering an extraordinary public warning that Washington risks sinking deeper into another Middle East quagmire as Tehran appears to be gaining leverage and the economic fallout spreads across Europe. In one of the bluntest criticisms yet from a major U.S. ally, Merz said Iran had proven “clearly stronger than one thought,” while warning the United States was being…