Europe fights Europe. Are we hearing NATO's death rattle?

A death rattle is a medical term that describes the sound produced by someone who is near death when saliva accumulates in the throat.

British and French officials are calling out their NATO (read that to be European partners) allies for not pulling their weight when it comes to the conflict in Libya. 

via Defense News.com

"NATO is not able, at this point, to oblige our partners to take part in this action," Longuet told the French parliament.
"I regret, for example, that France and Britain are carrying the bulk of the effort," he said.

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"That is why the United Kingdom has in the last week supplied additional aircraft capable of striking ground targets threatening the civilian population of Libya," Hague said.
"Of course it would be welcome if other countries also do the same," he said. "There is always more to do."

This is a stunning development.  For all the complaints of "USA World Police" it seems that NATO is failing in this conflict.  Two of the Three traditional NATO powers are complaining of the contributions of other member states.  Replace NATO with EU and you have a failed European enterprise.

NATO is the walking dead.  The only people that don't realize it are the politicians.