The 1949 NATO Treaty never attempted to single out a specific enemy for the alliance to fight against, and while it was clear at the time the Soviet Union was the focus, the lack of specificity has meant numerous attempts in recent history to add enemies, or make up new things for the alliance to do.
During this week’s NATO meeting, they are going to officially add a new nation to the list of “challenges,” in the form of China, with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg saying NATO has to “tackle the issue” of China’s growing capabilities.
China is a major military and economic power, though not hostile to any NATO member nations. That China is a Pacific nation makes them a strange enemy for an alliance supposedly focused on the north Atlantic to single out.
NATO, however, is at a crossroads trying to figure out its identity and purpose, and China’s sheer size makes it an attractive target to justify NATO’s continued existence.
Which isn’t focused just on China. NATO is continuing to set out plans for military confrontations with Russia, and likewise is cobbling together cases for NATO to focus on terror wars across the world.
Well business in the local neighborhood is a bit slow, so time to expand globally. In truth were does one ocean (North Atlantic) end and another begin (South Pacific) you can get from one to the other without getting your feet dry.
Evil AngloZionist empire determined to rule the world or destroy it.
Ah, yes, the great “defensive” alliance … what would we do without it.
“…what would we do without it?”
Lets see: bring peace to the world; free up hundreds of billions of dollars of wasted death-machine money for constructive life-affirming uses; consign to the dustbin of history the atavistic pursuit of world domination by psychopathically-insecure, testosterone-overdosed, empathy-challenged, over-compensating under-achievers; and halt the march of the war-mongers toward civilization-ending nuclear annihilation.
Let me get back to you on that.
Yeah, but … None of that makes money in bucketloads for the connected few, so … Just watch CNN and the rest, they’ll tell you how utterly crucial maintaining the current paradigm is.
NATO countries need to do a bit more reconnaissance, if they did they would discover the enemy is already in their midst, having conquered them and running sham elections to pacify the populace. Guerilla tactics will be needed here if NATO citizens fail to break out the ‘color’ revolution tactics their overlords have demonstrated to be so effective.
NATO IS The military arm of the NWO . Trump doesn’t seem to understand this , as he represents American opposition to the NWO .
Trump represents the wishful thinking of people who are opposed to the NWO. He purchased their support with hollow words then betrays them with his every action….
Not every action but you a right about too many actions .
Useless relic trying to justify its continued existence. Shut it down and bury it deep.
I fully agree, David S. I’ve been saying that for over a decade .. NATO’s been a useless relic trying to justify its continued existence, ever since the Warsaw Pact shut down. Yes, shut NATO down and bury it very deep,
NATO want to control the world . NATO destroyed Yugoslavia , Libya , Iraq and tries to take out many governments They claim to be doing what they want the United Nations to do . But really have just turned out to be a North American Terrorist Organization
NATO countries can’t stand that China and Russia have somewhat effective defense and deterrence capabilities, so they are trying to increase our colossal military budgets to be able to attack them more effectively… and we call that DEFENSE. Thing is, as US aggression increases those we threaten start to cooperate against us.
Great article and comments! NATO is obsolete since the USSR disappeared. Peace is a dirty word and war needs to be everlasting to satisfy the NATO doctrine.
NATO can’t exist without an enemy.
You are certainly a 100 % right . As NATO attacked both of them almost 20 years ago . Since that time China and Russia formed a alliance and has been preparing for the next round .by sharing all military technology . Russia is so confident they cut their military budget to only about 45 billion dollars this year . And Putin claims no country can defend against Russia’s missiles . China has been increasing their military budget . It is about 5 times bigger than Russia’s budget and almost I/3 the size of the US military budget . None the less China can put a lot of soldiers on the battle field and I believe if NATO wants to start a fight they are now ready . And Russia and China will stay together long after NATO falls apart . A lot of countries don’t like to be members of the North American Terrorist Organization NATO and I really don’t blame them .
I kinda suspect Russia and China feared NATO intended to cause them harm When NATO commander Wesley Clark issued orders to shoot the Russian soldiers in Yugoslavia because they likely will try to protect Christian civilians . That same year 20 years ago the United fired a missile into the Chinese embassy accidently on purpose . These two incidents alerted the Russians and the Chines that they have to stick together when they confront NATO from this time on . China told us only a few years ago they have not forgotten or forgiven what happened to them in Yugoslavia . Russia decided to get rid of Yeltsin and find Putin A man tough enough to stand up to the North American Terrorist Organization NATO