Track whether NATO criticism correlates with concrete policy changes (troop withdrawals, budget cuts, treaty obligations) or remains rhetorical cover for Iran military escalation.
This scores 0 on constitutional damage as criticizing NATO, while diplomatically significant, involves no domestic institutional lever, legal mechanism, or governance change—it's pure norm erosion and rhetoric. However, it scores 66 on distraction because it's highly media-friendly NATO criticism dropped during an extraordinary week of kinetic Iran escalation (ground operation plans, aircraft shootdowns, ultimatums, arrests of Iranian nationals). The timing pattern is unmistakable: diplomatic theater while substantive military actions unfold.