::"All of these are plausible but only in the scenario of protracted problems between the US and the affected NATO allies....then the consequences would be far-reaching and altogether make them even more irrelevant in global affairs than they already are." | ::"All of these are plausible but only in the scenario of protracted problems between the US and the affected NATO allies....then the consequences would be far-reaching and altogether make them even more irrelevant in global affairs than they already are." |