The Weakening NATO Shield

Interwoven in the fatal pattern of Communist strength throughout the world is the apathy of Europe and the statistical decline of NATO.

The U.S. has attempted to counter this threat by various schemes of financial and economic aid, at an estimated cost since 1945 of some $50 billion. Ambassador Spruille Braden recently equated this astronomical figure with “the combined real estate assessment of our fifty largest cities.” We do things the big way—even to cutting our own economic throats!