No you don´t. You couldn´t win in Vietnam or Afghanistan, the latter with the help of NATO (Rmember, srticle 5 was invoked by the US, and some of us European deeply regret to have helped and sent our soldiers die for the US).
In the following sentence, Merz told all the respect he has for the IDF.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, the IDF starves everybody in a medieval siège, lures people with a little food, watch them fight among them for a few grains of Rice, then bombs them with drones and tanks. Litteraly everyday.
Welcome to a country where "protest peacekeepers" carry guns, and can shoot into the crowd and put the blame on someone else whi just happened to be armed as well.
Do you, American brothers, realize the sheer level of insanity you live in?
The very simple fact Israel, a middle eastern country, is allowed in an European event, raises the fact that it is allowed because populated by (mostly) settlers of European descent.
Lebanon is not allowed, albeit being closer.
Turkey is not allowed, albeit having a part of its territory in Europe.
"A puppet we can control".
So much for the freedom of the Iranian people. Smells of 1953...