Spiegel Online: Patience Wears Thin with Germany's NATO Spending
As NATO prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, the most successful military alliance in history finds itself in the throes of an existential crisis. The unfulfillled promises of some member countries -- in particular Germany -- to spend more on defense threaten to tear the block apart.
Sometimes they miss him, the old warrior. Jim Mattis was always a calming presence. A paternal glance, soothing gesture or brief remark from the former general and Pentagon chief, and Gavin Williamson, the British defense minister, would cool his jets. But, having resigned after a dispute with his president, Mattis wasn't present when NATO defense ministers met in Brussels in mid-February.
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WNU Editor: It is not only breaking promises that has put Germany's commitment to increase its defense budget into doubt, it is also comments like this one that is making everyone wonder if German defense policy has become irrational .... German Chancellor Merkel Supports Her Successor's Idea For An EU Aircraft Carrier (March 12, 2019).
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