But NATO’s repeated demonstrations of resilience should not blind us to the fact that it no longer provides a healthy basis for the transatlantic security relationship. As long as NATO’s raison d’être was to keep the Russians out and the United States in, NATO’s internal dynamic of American leadership and European obeisance was both inevitable and appropriate.
但是北约不断表现韧性并不应该让我们忽视这一事实，也就是它并不再给跨大西洋安全关系提供任何健康的基础。只要北约的存在理由是抵御俄国和留住美国，北约内部的美国领导作用和欧洲言听计从就不可避免并且理所当然。