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Michael Bloomberg is going to heaven, the UN is getting warmer (just ask them), Charles Murray is dispensing indispensable wisdom (courtesy of his new
book The Curmudgeon’s Guide To Getting Ahead). Later, what will happen in the Crimea and Ukraine, the Obama administration cares more about regimes than the common man, Troy on the Charlotte meet-up, and should a conservaive accept food stamps? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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It's difficult to imagine that liberal politicians who so recklessly engage in lawlessness at home would hold foreign obligations sacrosanct. The Obama Administration might indeed care enough about NATO to honor that alliance if tested, but that loyalty should not be assumed.
Most American voters couldn't place Estonia on a map. That apathy might provide Democrats with political cover (from their own, if not from Republican voters) if the President decides to shirk our commitment to NATO.
And, remember, a generation has grown up since the Soviet Union collapsed. Politics revolves around perception, not reality. How important is NATO to the current American electorate?
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