Afghanistan: NATO Challenges

U.S. To Supply Bulk Of Additional NATO Afghan Troops, (Bloomberg.com)…James G. Neuger, Bloomberg News, Dec 18, 2008.

The U.S. will supply the bulk of additional NATO troops for the war in Afghanistan, with only smaller-scale reinforcements coming from European allies, the alliance’s supreme military commander said.

American concerns that some European allies aren’t pulling their weight erupted last year when Defense Secretary Robert Gates — set to keep his job in Obama’s Cabinet — warned that NATO risked devolving into a “two-tiered alliance.”

American concerns that some European allies aren’t pulling their weight erupted last year when Defense Secretary Robert Gates — set to keep his job in Obama’s Cabinet — warned that NATO risked devolving into a “two-tiered alliance.”