European leaders, with admirable restraint, have begun to repeat, slowly and clearly, that NATO was designed as a partnership of equals. It has lately been observed in the capitals, courts, and council chambers of Europe that a most extraordinary clarification was...
This is the pattern: assert first, rationalize later. Good morning! Today in the land of official truths, something bizarre happened: reality showed up uninvited, armed with video evidence, judges, and foreign governments who refuse to be coerced. It turns out that... 
