Posted on 03/26/2014 10:02:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
What the article doesn’t say is that the major NATO players - UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, etc. - have cut their own armed forces even more deeply. When the U.S. had 400,000 troops in Europe there were twice as many soldiers from other countries standing next to them. Now the European armed forces are a shadow of their Cold War strength. I can see helping Europe defend against Russian aggression. I can’t see doing it on our own so they don’t have to.
Amen Daniel, Amen.
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