Political Quotes

“this article was written by John Keegan of the London Daily Telegraph in which he stated the historical perspective of how the principal European nations and Great Britain have, through the years, raised their Armed Forces, and how the future portends that they are going to depart from these time-honored methods, and, as a consequence, the likelihood of their level of manpower could significantly drop in the coming years. I promptly sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable William J. Perry, addressing my concerns. The letter said: Dear Mr. Secretary: I want to bring to your attention the enclosed article, ``European Armies Lose Size, Efficiency,'' which appeared in the ``Washington Times'' on February 26. According to this article, European nations--many of which are Members of NATO--are in the process of dramatically reducing the size of their ground forces. Such developments could have adverse consequences for the future of NATO, and require ever-increasing U.S. military contributions to the Alliance to compensate for European shortfalls. In such developments continue, NATO's ability to fulfill its commitments under Article 5 of the ``NATO Charter'' could be called into question.”