US DEFENCE Secretary Robert Gates is complaining this week that European members of Nato are not contributing enough troops to Afghanistan. Much the same applies in Iraq, where even Britain is pulling out its forces.
The present coalition of the wilting is such that the Pentagon is hailing Slovakia as a model ally. That country has promised to retain its contingent of 78 soldiers in Afghanistan, and even pledged to send 47 more.
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