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>I think NATO changed their strategy sometime in the >mid 1990s after the Cold War. So it is no longer just >for the defence of Western Europe and North America >but can be used as an offensive alliance as we saw in >Kosovo and today in Afghanistan. > >>The copy I read was a recent copy >> so maybe it has been changed on the 'quiet' >> >> >> >>>>Since when has NATO only been for western europe. I >>>>have just read through the treaty and it says >nothing >>>>about being solely for western europe. >>>> >>>>North Atlantic Treaty Organisation -set up in 1949 >>>for the defence of western europe. To contain the >>>expansion of Soviet union. NATO is a defensive >>>alliance for the defence of western europe. Its no >>>coincidence that apart from the US all it's other >>>original members are western european nations. It >>>never was intended to use this defensive alliance for >>>offensive wars in eastern europe or Afghanistan. It >is >>>not or should not become a tool for American >ambitions >>>outside western europe. Somehow i would not be >>>surprised if your treaty has been re written. >>>> >>>>>>>America & Britain cannot afford to fight these >>>>stupid >>>>>>>wars because the aims are to vague & beyond >>>>>>>realisation apart from the colossal expense you >>>have >>>>>>>to deal with not one failed state but two >>-Pakistan >>>>>>>who's government is riddled with je-haddists. >>>>>> >>>>>>Unfortunately the UK is a signatory of NATO, along >>>>>>with the rest of Western European, which means we >>>>have >>>>>>to get involved with this war, as the September 11 >>>>>>terrorist attacks and the war in Afghanistan were >>>>>>considered a direct attack on the USA by the NATO >>>>>>alliance. I agree though, it is an unwinneble war >>>and >>>>>>a total waste of time, but what can you do. >>>>> >>>>>N.A.T.O. is for the defence of western europe, it >>was >>>>>not designed to undertake wars in the middle east >or >>>>>Afghanistan. signatories of N.A.T.O. are under no >>>>>oligation to under take any military operations out >>>>>side the sphere of western europe. The other >N.A.T.O >>>>>countries are well within the treaty not to get >>>>>invoved.
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