Well Doug as one of the great hand wringers of all time its nice to see you deliver on the affliction. Trump has succeeded in focusing the Europeans on something they have taken for granted since the 1950's.The U.S. has led and largely paid for most Western institutions and going forward will not have the ability to do that anymore. A remarkable run of consistency when you think of the last 72 years of peace and prosperity. The Europeans somehow thought the peace dividend would go on forever but as German Army officers have opined . "the Russians are still too close".

 Meanwhile The U.S. Army is running all over Poland, Lithuania and Romania this fall and in to next year. 

 It will be very interesting if Justin and company have received the same message and we will all know this Wednesday when Garneau presents the new Defence policy.