Germany’s Refusal To Fund 2 Percent Of Its Defense Is Not The Action Of An Ally
German leaders should be allowed to see how safe and united the European Union remains when all the American troops move out from everywhere east of the Thames. Bob Gates, perhaps the most farsighted post-Cold War defense secretary, presciently predicted in 2011 “that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the U.S. Congress—and in the American…