NATO steps up

The more we learn about Russia's swarm of drones over Poland on Wednesday, the more I admire Europe's response. The drones were shot down by two Dutch F-35s and two Polish F-16s. German Patriot missiles were put on alert but not fired. And the whole operation was overseen by two AWACs command aircraft, a jet from Italy and a prop plane belonging to Poland. Impressive!

NATO's weakest links now seem to be those cheapsakes in Spain and that loudmouth in the United States. I should note, however, that almost all the equipment used in downing the drones was American-built. The exception was the Polish AWACs, a Saab 340 built in Sweden, famously neutral throughout the 20th century but now a full-fledged member of NATO.