On January 20, 2017, we're going to pinch ourselves to make sure we're not dreaming that the most irresponsible president of the postwar era is finally out of the Oval Office. The new NATO chief, former Norway prime minister Jens Stoltenberg, is in Washington this week for meetings with defense officials to discuss strategy.  Several weeks ago, his people requested a meeting with President Obama – a courtesy given to every NATO secretary general in the past. Obama didn't turn Stoltenberg down.  He didn't even bother to reply.  As Josh Rogin points out in Bloomberg, this lapse of respect at a time like this is incredible: President Barack Obama has yet to meet with the new head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and won't see Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week, even though he is in Washington for three days.  Stoltenberg’s office requested a meeting with Obama well in advance of the visit,...(Read Full Post)