Happy Sixtieth Birthday NATO

Platapus · 04-05-09, 02:14 PM

The North Atlantic Treaty was signed on 4 April 49.

The original signers were

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, and the United States.

The treaty is one of the shortest treaties signed.

http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/treaty.htm

While not perfect (what is?), NATO seemed to do its job for sixty years.

Trivia question: When was the first time the "mutual self-defense" clause of NATO was used?

Mush Martin · 04-05-09, 02:51 PM

sept 13 2001 I think

Platapus · 04-05-09, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mush Martin

sept 13 2001 I think

Close 9 Oct 2001 Operation Eagle Assist.

nikimcbee · 04-05-09, 03:57 PM

I always thought this was to specifically counter Warsaw Pact forces, but in the charter, it doesn't mention them by name. I always thought NATO had no purpose, since WP no longer exsist.

Raptor1 · 04-05-09, 03:59 PM

Of course, you can't go around saying "We are forming this giant military alliance because the Commies are pissing us off", but people get the idea anyway

BTW, the Warsaw Pact was signed some years after NATO

nikimcbee · 04-05-09, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

Of course, you can't go around saying "We are forming this giant military alliance because the Commies are pissing us off", but people get the idea anyway

BTW, the Warsaw Pact was signed some years after NATO

I used to know, but I don't remember anymore.

It just strikes me as funny, that half of WP is in NATO now.

Skybird · 04-05-09, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

It just strikes me as funny, that half of WP is in NATO now.

"It's a trick...!"

Rhodes · 04-07-09, 11:47 AM

Ah! Who was the contry of the original signers that was not a democratic regime?

Sailor Steve · 04-07-09, 11:50 AM

Dang! NATO's just over a year older than me!

I wonder who'll last longer?

04-07-09, 11:54 AM

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Who was the contry of the original signers that was not a democratic regime?

That would be the fascist dictatorship under Salazar .

Rhodes · 04-07-09, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

That would be the fascist dictatorship under Salazar .

The correct answer was Portugal!

(actually it was more national-coorporativism)

04-07-09, 02:28 PM

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(actually it was more national-coorporativism)

Isn't that what Mussolini said was the doctrine of fascism .

Rhodes · 04-07-09, 03:39 PM

Salazarism as it's call it or national-cooporativism may had his roots in the italian fascism, but it was not like it. And further discussion, one must make a new thread since this one is about the nato birthday.

04-05-09, 02:14 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Happy Sixtieth Birthday NATO The North Atlantic Treaty was signed on 4 April 49. The original signers were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, and the United States. The treaty is one of the shortest treaties signed. http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/treaty.htm While not perfect (what is?), NATO seemed to do its job for sixty years. Trivia question: When was the first time the "mutual self-defense" clause of NATO was used? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	sept 13 2001 I think __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I always thought this was to specifically counter Warsaw Pact forces, but in the charter, it doesn't mention them by name. I always thought NATO had no purpose, since WP no longer exsist. __________________

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Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Of course, you can't go around saying "We are forming this giant military alliance because the Commies are pissing us off", but people get the idea anyway BTW, the Warsaw Pact was signed some years after NATO __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Ah! Who was the contry of the original signers that was not a democratic regime? __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Dang! NATO's just over a year older than me! I wonder who'll last longer? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Salazarism as it's call it or national-cooporativism may had his roots in the italian fascism, but it was not like it. And further discussion, one must make a new thread since this one is about the nato birthday. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/