Time for me to get back to my forte (if I have a forte)……
That treaty that allows the US and its allies to do whatever they choose as long as they cite this antique of a treaty.
I for one has said that it was brain dead and on auto-pilot for decades……https://lobotero.com/2019/04/17/is-nato-dying/ and https://lobotero.com/2019/12/05/is-nato-brain-dead/
Of course the Neocons have used NATO to justify so many wars and conflicts that it is getting embarrassing….
NATO was formed to protect Western Europe from Soviet aggression and now it is an excuse to start a war whenever the occasion arises.
From NATO website……
It is often said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. This is only partially true. In fact, the Alliance’s creation was part of a broader effort to serve three purposes: deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration.
The aftermath of World War II saw much of Europe devastated in a way that is now difficult to envision. Approximately 36.5 million Europeans had died in the conflict, 19 million of them civilians. Refugee camps and rationing dominated daily life. In some areas, infant mortality rates were one in four. Millions of orphans wandered the burnt-out shells of former metropolises. In the German city of Hamburg alone, half a million people were homeless.
In addition, Communists aided by the Soviet Union were threatening elected governments across Europe. In February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with covert backing from the Soviet Union, overthrew the democratically elected government in that country. Then, in reaction to the democratic consolidation of West Germany, the Soviets blockaded Allied-controlled West Berlin in a bid to consolidate their hold on the German capital. The heroism of the Berlin Airlift provided future Allies with some solace, but privation remained a grave threat to freedom and stability.
Then there were promises given to Yeltsin about NATO back in 1993 by Pres. Clinton…..
February 1990, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev discussed NATO’s future role in a unified Germany. Baker told Gorbachev that “there would be no extension of NATO’s jurisdiction for forces of NATO one inch to the east” and agreed with Gorbachev’s statement that “Any extension of the zone of NATO is unacceptable.” Conversation over, right? Wrong. Gorbachev himself has acknowledged that their meetings were an early discussion in what became negotiations over the terms of German unification, rather than a broader conversation about NATO’s future role in Europe. Understanding the twists and turns of these negotiations is crucial to understanding today’s contested narratives.
Promises Made, Promises Broken? What Yeltsin Was Told About NATO in 1993 and Why It Matters
In 1949 there were 12 members of NATO and since thewn?
In 1949, there were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. The other member countries are: Greece and Turkey (1952), Germany (1955), Spain (1982), the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (1999), Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (2004), Albania and Croatia (2009), Montenegro (2017) and North Macedonia (2020)
So the US lied to Russia…and yet they are the bad guys around the world…..interesting….shame on Russia for believing anything Bill Clinton ever said…..he was a spineless coward and a habitual liar….
All that aside….is NATO dying?
We believe that there are ten main reasons that NATO is no longer needed:
One: NATO was created in 1949 for the three main reasons outlined above. These reasons are no longer valid. The security landscape in Europe is totally different today than seventy years ago. Russian president Vladimir Putin actually proposed a new continental security arrangement “from Dublin to Vladivostok,” which was rejected out of hand by the West. If accepted, then it would have included Russia in a cooperative security architecture that would have been safer for the global community.
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https://nationalinterest.org/feature/nato-still-necessary-145917
I for one say NO….NATO is NOT necessary!
Just another reason to spend money and force conflicts around the world.
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