August 08, 2004

"THE AMERICAN PUBLIC now wants to be told exactly why thousands in their undermanned military are stationed in a continent larger and richer than our own without conventional enemies on its borders .. Americans believe it is .. absurd to envision an American-led NATO patrolling [European] skies and roads 15 years after a nearby hostile empire collapsed -- especially when NATO turns out to be as isolationist as America is expected to be engaged abroad." -- VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, "Europe's Choice." Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack