And I think under Presidents Nixon, Ford, or Carter, the American public would have been in favor of more conventional forces in Europe so that NATO would be the equal of the Warsaw Pact.
The sticking point may have come with Americans asking, hey, why are we spending more money when the French, British, Germans, etc, are not?
And then, the process of buffing up conventional forces, even to reach equality, may bring its own periods of instability. That's the theme that if we rerun the tape with any change, even a seemingly positive change, we're not guaranteed to get lucky this next time.
The sticking point may have come with Americans asking, hey, why are we spending more money when the French, British, Germans, etc, are not?
And then, the process of buffing up conventional forces, even to reach equality, may bring its own periods of instability. That's the theme that if we rerun the tape with any change, even a seemingly positive change, we're not guaranteed to get lucky this next time.