WSJ Lead Editorial Takes on NATO

[Annie]

Sounds like France, pre-WWII:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005279

The excuse offered by the Germans and French is that they disagree with the U.S. on what constitute "common interests." But it is not plausible that Europe has a lesser stake in pacifying terrorists and terrorist regimes than does the U.S. A more honest explanation is that America's security umbrella has allowed Europeans to underfund their military services to the point that even if there were a trans-Atlantic consensus, they would have little to offer.