The Afghan - Worlds Worst Blanket

Listening to the running debate between Obama and his generals, it's tempting to just rampage on and on about the Presidents stunning lack of commitment to our troops or to the concept of victory. Well not surprising really but still disappointing.

However, while Obama should just send the reinforcements immediately or end the war completely, one group is getting off without so much as a public reprimand.

NATO.

You know, the group of nations united as one to fight common enemies, blah, blah, blah.

Last time I checked McChrystal was in charge of all NATO forces. If he says he needs 40,000 more troops, why exactly does the United States have to supply all of them? What possible benefit is there to forming an alliance with a group of nations that have no capacity or desire to fight? Most of these countries wouldn't actively fight the Soviets so the odds of them fighting some stateless terrorist is slim indeed.

This sordid situation is becoming all to common in NATO exercises and it is becoming clear that NATO is suffering from UN-itis. That is the disease that makes nations talk about unity out of one side of their mouth, then shirk all responsibility out the other.

If all of NATO can't get 40,000 troops together to keep a nation state from falling completely into anarchy, taking Pakistan with it, then the long term usefulness should be seriously reexamined.

Perhaps, like the UN, this is an organization that simply need not exist anymore.

Certainly not as is, being subsidized by American blood and money.