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While German-American relations have improved in tone from thethinly veiled hostility of Gerhard Schroeder's chancellorship, allis not perfect between recently re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkeland President Obama. German troops in Afghanistan sit on thesidelines while American and British soldiers fight and die;Germany actively pursues trade with Iran, opposing toughersanctions on the terror regime; Berlin and Moscow are becomingdisconcertingly cozy; and Merkel supports a separate EU defenseforce at the expense of Germany's NATO commitments. ....
The threat of traditional military confrontation in Europe has notdisappeared. Key European allies must rebuild their militaries to under take both conventional and asymmetric military operations.NATO must be the cornerstone of the transatlantic alliance and theprimary actor in European security. A European defense identityshould be a civilian complement to NATO and represent additionalresources for European security. ....