They tell me that NATO is 70.  NATO is not aging well, to say the least.  In fact, I wonder if NATO will make it successfully to 75!  Maybe — but it may look a lot different. Unfortunately, NATO is not much of an alliance anymore, as David Craig wrote: Seven decades on, NATO has grown to include 29 nations.  But its strength, and the commitment of its members to mutual security, is very much in question, as a new poll commissioned by CKI and RealClearPolitics to mark the anniversary makes evident. As the story points out, frustration with NATO was alive and well before President Trump.  We recall that President Obama grew frustrated with NATO as well: Obama's relationship with NATO declined as his frustrations grew over European allies' lack of response to the turmoil in Libya, prompting him to refer to them as "free riders."  Although the 2 percent of GDP spending for...(Read Full Post)