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?

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.