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Has America Betrayed the NATO Alliance? | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

was to "keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down", in the words of its first General Secretary, Lord Ismay.

In other words, it is now obsolete. Mission actually accomplished.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Feb 11th, 2008 at 04:16:26 AM EST
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Re: NATO's purpose (none / 1)

In the run up to the post Cold War, true, NATO tried to find a new direction and it was the Kosovo issue that gave it back a sense of direction.

by The3rdColumn on Mon Feb 11th, 2008 at 09:36:43 AM EST
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Re: NATO's purpose (4.00 / 4)

The Kosovo campaign was what definitely turned me off NATO (and made me reassess Javier Solana).

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 11th, 2008 at 09:47:17 AM EST
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