Nato crisis: can the alliance survive?

With his attempts to get Trump on side, the Nato secretary-general has worsened the devides withing the alliance, De Standard criticises:

“He again snubbed members of the alliance by defending the attack on Iran and even going along with Trump’s complaints. … His promise that Nato ‘can help’ to open the Strait of Hormuz overlooks the whole point of the alliance, which is to protect the territory of its allies against hostile attacks. The organisation’s charter is crystal clear on this point. Non-defensive force is permitted only within the framework of a UN resolution.”