How The Financial Crisis Is Hitting NATO Funding

Financial Crisis Hits NATO Funding -- Voice of America

Europe’s economic problems are making it even more difficult for the continent’s governments to fund often unpopular defense programs. That is threatening to hurt the NATO alliance’s efforts to upgrade its capabilities so it can respond to unexpected crises anywhere in the world.

When the U.N. Security Council voted in March to launch a mission to defend Libyan civilians, there was only one military force that could handle the job: NATO.

The alliance was able to dispatch ships and aircraft to protect Libyan civilians, and ended up turning the tide of the uprising that ousted Moammar Gadhafi.

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My Comment: And this is funding is going to get cut even more .... especially in the U.S.