European Defense: Save Money, Cut Forces, Sustain Afghan Commitments (for now) [caption id="attachment_13394" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="(Credit: The Hudson Institute)"][/caption] By Dr. Richard Weitz 11/28/2010 - The 1998 St. Malo Declaration between Britain and France, which inaugurated the European Security and Defense Policy, declared that: “The Union must have the capacity…