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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner
Not what I asked.
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NATO's original purpose was "to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual, liberty, and the rule of law". It was established as a collective defense against the threat of Soviet and Warsaw Pact invasion. But that threat has long since disappeared.
But should NATO be dissolved? No.
Should Europe take a more proactive role in NATO and its own collective security. Yes. But if it refuses to get off its collective hind end NATO may just become another toothless government bureaucracey like the UN.
Globalization, its here and its sometimes not a pretty place. The threats to our security you and I face now lie far outiside our borders, namely the Middle East and Asia. Yet Europe still has to rely on U.S., intel, comms, and logistics for any global event. On top of that Europe couldnt muster enough firepower to fight its way out of a wet paper bag. It really has nothing offer yet damed if they aren't there bitiching and complaining everytime time the U.S. has to step up to the plate to do the dirty work.
What we are most likely witnessing today in the attitude towards Europe and NATO was written about by a fella named David Gompert, he warned: " a division of labor in which Europe specializes in its internal affairs and enrichment while the United States protects Europe’s oil supplies and combats nuclear proliferation will collapse of its own unfairness and its ultimate rejection by the American people.”.