than most to revive this debate, though for me i rather like one of the latest comments which robert kaplan referred to in an article last week. he cited a u.s. air force planner who was clearly exasperated by the shortfalls in key european capabilities during the libya intervention, and he described nato as like snow white and the 27 dwarfs. so the billion dollar question is this, can the smart defense approach a pooling of resources and integration of transatlantic, especially european military procurement to ensure the alliance retains needed capabilities even at a time when the allies are making deep defense cuts or, to put it into the language of that u.s. air force officer, will those european dwarfs be whistling while they work, will they be doing so in tune and on the same song sheets? will they be taking on a larger share of the burden of keeping snow white safe from the clutches of a mean al qaeda affiliated stepmother and will we all be ensured a fairytale ending which essentially means more security for smaller defense budgets. to answer these tricky questions, we have a very ta

for me, there was -- i rather like one of the latest comments which robert kaplan referred to in an article last week. he cited a u.s. air force planner who was, obviously, clearly exasperated by the shortfalls in key european capabilities during the libya intervention. and he described nato as like snow white and the 27 dwarfs. [laughter] so the billion dollar question is this: can the smart defense approach receive a pooling of integration in transatlantic but special european military procurement to insure the alliance maintains capabilities each at a time when the allies are making deep defense cuts? or to put it into the language of that u.s. air force officer, will those european dwarfs be whistling while they work, will they be doing so in tune and on the same song sheetses? will they be taking on a larger share of the burden of keeping snow white safe from the clutches of her mean al-qaeda-affiliated stepmother, and will we all be ensured a fairy tale ending which, essentially, means more security for smaller defense budgets? to answer these tricky questions, we have a very talented