In Due Time

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen yesterday outed himself as a supporter of the White House's wait-and-see approach to the question over troop levels in Afghanistan.

Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, Rasmussen said NATO members and alliance "Partners" were still studying what he called a "top-secret, close-hold" assessment on the war by Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

"We will discuss it within the Alliance, and when the time is right we’ll discuss the resource aspects as well," Rasmussen said.