Expand NATO

Liberals give lip service to multilateralism, but they don't recognize it until it smacks them in the face. So consider this a friendly but necessary smack. Show you can support multilateral efforts that are not totally toothless or wrong-headed. Expand NATO. Donald Rumsfeld, former Sec. of Defense and our former stellar congressman from the 10th district of Illinois, in the WSJ:

For the past several years under membership action plans, the governments of Albania, Croatia and Macedonia have been preparing to join the ranks of NATO. They now meet the necessary criteria for membership. They have shown their commitment to human rights and regional stability by protecting the rights of ethnic minorities. They have allocated a greater percentage of their GDP to defense expenditures than most NATO countries in Western Europe, and they have built sound defense capabilities in intelligence, medical support, and special operations.

Perhaps most important in light of NATO's demonstrated shortcomings, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia have made use of those capabilities in Afghanistan and Iraq by taking on the tough missions that several current NATO members have been unwilling to carry out. Albania, Croatia and Macedonia are certainly not large geographically, but the operational -- and attitudinal -- contributions they bring to NATO will far outstrip their size.

Brush back a totalitarian-leaning Russia, and support an effective, multilateral NATO, allied against the forces of jihadist extremism which threaten our democratic way of life.