NATO A SHELL OF ITS FORMER SELF. What about the great victory over Gadhafi?

The Canadian Forces’ expeditionary capacity will be reduced, for if the U.S. and the U.K. are cutting their capacity, Canada certainly is not going to deploy its forces abroad on its own. The world does not look any more peaceful than it did a few years ago, but NATO’s ability, the United States’ ability, and the Canadian Forces’ ability — and willingness — to send troops abroad is decreasing. If the Libyan revolt had begun in 2013, say, rather than in 2011, the alliance’s capacity to deploy against Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s regime would have been limited indeed. As it was, the Royal Air Force, short of pilots and planes, could barely manage to play its part in Libya, and the Americans — for political as much as military reasons, to be sure — played a modest role after the first days.