Andrew Bacevich with an interesting opinion on letting go of NATO and allowing the Euros to find their own way:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/let_europe_be_europe?page=0,0. Bacevich is an iconolast--a retired colonel and graduate of West Point who wrote "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" which pretty much flays everything about what we're doing as a country right now. Bacevich says it's time to call a spade a spade and stop trying to drag the Euros along in order to add the coalition building thing to whatever fire the United States is currently trying to put out in the world. As nations, they long ago lost their taste for fighting and maybe if America cut 'em loose, they'll either realize Uncle Sam ain't there to help and may begin rolling up their sleeves, or they'll just fade away (probably the latter, but might as well give them a chance). Bacevich is a guy who doesn't fit on either side of the political spectrum. He calls himself a conservative, but there's not much he likes about what constitutes mainstream conservatism in the country. Worth reading.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/let_europe_be_europe?page=0,0. Bacevich is an iconolast--a retired colonel and graduate of West Point who wrote "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" which pretty much flays everything about what we're doing as a country right now. Bacevich says it's time to call a spade a spade and stop trying to drag the Euros along in order to add the coalition building thing to whatever fire the United States is currently trying to put out in the world. As nations, they long ago lost their taste for fighting and maybe if America cut 'em loose, they'll either realize Uncle Sam ain't there to help and may begin rolling up their sleeves, or they'll just fade away (probably the latter, but might as well give them a chance). Bacevich is a guy who doesn't fit on either side of the political spectrum. He calls himself a conservative, but there's not much he likes about what constitutes mainstream conservatism in the country. Worth reading.
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