for france they were starting to learn german in paris before the u.s. came along pay for nato or not are the biggest or going to washington are minor sweaters on the story force giving to you that tweet today you got a lot of attention. it was hard to make heads or tails of it do we know what the president was saying there well and on its face it seems to be a misunderstanding as you had pointed out america had then calling for europe to be able to finance itself bolster its own military strength without having to rely on anyone else which is something that the president took to mean europe needs an army to defend itself against the u.s. what's interesting to note here is the president himself has called for exactly what mcchrystal is calling for for europe to be able to rely more on itself on its