"NATO Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort"General McChrystal has consulted with NATO defense ministers in Brataslava. The defense ministers seem to have endorsed his plan for a troop build-up in Afghanistan. The story is careful to point out that this means little apart from the willingness of European political leaders to go along with the plan.Some questions: Is McChyrstal lobbying among NATO allies? Is Secretary of Defense Gates, also at the meeting, encouraging McChyrstal's views? Will a ground swell for a more robust strategy in Afghanistan end with more U.S. troops and the continuing recall of European troops? Is the Obama Administration trying to get the Europeans on board for a longer-term and stronger commitment?Here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/world/europe/24nato.html?_r=1&hp