Friend and Foe

The Senate takes on NATO

In his twelve years in the Senate, Sam Nunn, the earnest Georgia Democrat, has earned a reputation for levelheaded expertise in military issues. Thus his blunt proposal last week that the U.S. withdraw one-third of its troops from Western Europe unless other NATO allies increase their own defense spending disturbed politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Nunn's intent was to strengthen NATO, not rupture it. Said he: "This is not a petition for divorce. This is a petition for the alliance to carry out its vows." But the...

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