Saturday, February 2, 2008

No, no, NATO

Canada is calling out the Euroweenies in NATO. With the United States and Canada (and the U.K.) disproportionately taking on the burden of trying to keep the peace in Afghanistan, Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has called on other NATO countries (primarily Germany, Spain and France) to do more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120182510813133677.html.

The position of Canada is correct. Western Europeans, much as they did during the Cold War, have been content to let the Americans do the heavy labouring, with the key assistance in Afghanistan of the Canadian troops, who are stationed in the ever-restive southern part of the country. This is unfair but typical of the Western Europeans, who seem unwilling to fight for anything.

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