Last year's Libya war was supposed to prove that the Europeans could take the lead in a smaller conflict closer to their borders. But contrary to the White House spin, the U.S. was the lone indispensable military force in Libya. The Europeans lacked the precision guided munitions, intelligence resources and refueling tankers to finish off Moammar Gadhafi's forces, which weren't exactly the Red Army."Paper Allies." Wall Street Journal, 2/4/12.
February 4, 2012
Free-riding Europeans.
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