Washington gets its way
A sense of relief prevailed at the sprawling headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels last week: the alliance had finally settled on a budget that seemed to ensure that U.S. forces in Western Europe would not be cut. At their biannual meeting, 14 of NATO's Defense Ministers* agreed to spend $7.8 billion over the six-year period beginning Jan. 1 for an assortment of improvements, ranging from bomb-proofing aircraft shelters to building better communication networks. That is roughly a 40% increase over the amount spent on...
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