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October 6, 2011

NATO's Troubled Future

Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

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Americans have been telling Europe for decades now that a failure to maintain their military strength will result in an inevitable decline in Europe’s influence worldwide — and put new strains on the Atlantic alliance.  And for years the Europeans have been blowing us off.

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