NATO Explained
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2018
- Here's everything you need to know about NATO, aka the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. What is the purpose of NATO? How did it get created? Why does it still exist long after the Cold War ended? Etc.
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On April 4, 1949, the leaders of 12 countries in both North America and Western Europe got together in Washington, D.C. in response to the growing threat of the Soviet Union, a Communist country that had been fairly aggressive trying to spread its influence. By this time, the United States, under the leadership of President Harry Truman, had committed to helping countries fight dictators who had threatened personal freedoms or fight rebels who wanted to install Communist regimes. The U.S. gave money to the Greek government army during the Greek Civil War and gave money to Turkey to resist Soviet influence there. Communists were making gains in Italy, and, with the help of the Soviet Union, Communists overthrew and took over the government Czechoslovakia.
Not only that, but the United States and Soviet Union straight up went at each other, bro. In occupied Germany following World War II, the Soviet Union controlled East Germany and East Berlin and Britain, France, and the United States controlled West Germany and West Berlin, which was completely within East Germany- well, that’s, uh, a bit weird. A bit isolated, are ya, there West Berlin? A bit isolated indeed. Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union, started a blockade to Berlin so that the U.S., Britain, and France couldn’t get supplies and food to their peoples there. Well, the U.S. and Britain broke that freaking blockade by smuggling in food and supplies anyway. This was known as the Berlin Airlift, and it certainly made Stalin angry. Tensions became ridiculously high between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after this.
So anyway, yeah, back to April 4, 1949 and those 12 countries that met up in DC. What did they all have in common? They were all democratic countries that viewed the Soviet Union and Communism in general as a big threat. They thought they should probably unite to help defend each other. So they signed the North Atlantic Treaty, which was mostly a security agreement that said any military attack against one of the countries that signed the treaty would be considered an attack against them all. The twelve countries that signed it were the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Italy, Portugal, and Iceland. Well one of these countries, the United States, would end up pulling most the weight for this military alliance. Later in 1949, Congress approved $1.4 billion for helping to build up the militaries of the Western European countries.
In 1950, NATO got its first big test with the Korean War. NATO-led forces rushed to help South Korea fight North Korea, a Communist country backed by both the Soviet Union and China.
After NATO stepped in to help South Korea, it was able to push back against the Communist countries, eventually causing a ceasefire in July 1953. This set up a, you could say, very tense border, that’s really just a demilitarized zone located at the 38th parallel.
In 1952, NATO admitted Greece and Turkey. In 1955, it admitted West Germany, which promptly led the Soviet Union to form its own military alliance in retaliation. It got together Albania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and East Germany to all join what became known as the Warsaw Treaty Organization, aka the Warsaw Pact. In the end, the Soviet Union made most of the decisions in this alliance, even using the alliance to put down uprisings against it in member countries.
Anyway, back to NATO. During the Suez Crisis, NATO members Britain and France started some conflict in Egypt, and the United States was like “what the heck you doin’ Britain and France?!?” and they sorted it all out. I have a video about that Crisis and you should check it out after this. No, really, I’m not just saying that. Check it out.
In 1957, NATO accepted the idea of massive retaliation as a defensive measure. In other words, it said if the Soviet Union or any of its allies were to attack NATO members, it would be dropping some serious nukes on them.
Note: I should clarify that it wasn't NATO that led the forces against North Korea in the Korean War, it was the UN. However, many NATO member countries participated to fight against North Korea in the war.
Now, what do you think? Should NATO still exist today?
We should keep it because it keeps Europe united especially as the eu collapses
.. also nato did not invaded irak as no european country (excluding UK) believed the Powell shltshow about mobile gas factories....
Average Joe Europe should find their own way to stay together, and build their militaries without America paying for the world's largest military special ed program.
In my opinion, it is misleading to say that NATO was involved in the Korean war, because the organization had no role in it. After all, we don't call the Suez invasion a NATO operation, either, even though two-thirds of the invaders in the Suez crisis of 1956 were (and are) NATO members. But a nice video otherwise.
Hi Mr. Beat thank you for retracting the part about NATO's involvement in the Korean War. However, there was another mistake you need to correct. NATO did not attack Yugoslavia in 1999 because there was no longer a Yugoslavian state. NATO attacked Serbia. I think this was is an acceptable video but there were some loose screws that detract from all of the hard work you put into this. Also, to answer your question, yes I think NATO should still exist today.
I knew all about NATO, but I just wanted Mr. Beat to explain it to me in his soothing voice
My wife probably would laugh if I told her someone thinks I have a soothing voice. :D
Oh Plado
Your a weirdo
@@iammrbeat Never watched you when I took APUSH, but now I just watch because I love American history
@@iammrbeat Love your videos, you made just one mistake: Portugal was not a democracy when they joined NATO
Fun fact, before the Warsaw Pact the USSR tried to join NATO, as they didn't have much to lose. They say yes, the USSR has influence in this huge international organization. They say no, it's a clear threat to their power and the soviets were justified in making their own group. They knew that NATO was going to say no, so they used the situation to their advantage to make the Warsaw Pact.
They also only agreed to join if NATO kicked out America, so they weren't really trying.
Kinda funny the USSR tried to join NATO, the organization it was suppose to fight against
But joining NATO can reduce the tension between the two
@@fr.Angel21 tru
@@fr.Angel21 it would just become another un and the us would probably make an explicit anti-ussr alliance soon after
It’d be interesting to see a updated video on this. Especially with the war in Ukraine
Now NATO is the only impediment for ruzzians to restore their empire, occupying Eastern Europe
Was just thinking the same thing, when I saw this was 5 years ago...
As a follow up to this video maybe you could do one on current efforts to establish a European Union army.
That's a great idea. I haven't read up much on it so it'd be a great excuse to research.
It shall be called the 8th Coalition.
@@jorge6207 Utopian thinking at best. Capitalism and the capitalist classes are based in nation states world market and resource competitions is driven by the greed of each ruling class there are no common military interests among groups of capitalist thieves only war preparations to defend their private property. .
@@iammrbeatso, how's that coming along?
i study about politics and glad i found out ur channel. great contents thank you so much for making cool videos
Thanks for the kind words and for watching! :D
Cool which politics
@@iammrbeat This reminds me of a 90's school video.
Edit: Please make a video about Russia's NATO the CSTO. Nobody knows about it and I think it will be an interesting topic to do a video about.
Note: Why you didn't mention the cyprus war, when two NATO members fought against over Cyprus?
0:35 * Everyone begins staring at Turkey *
lowkey, Russian Federation is probably a better fit and they were the impetus for NATO lmao
Fast forward 5 years (2023), Finland became the 31st county to join NATO.
and now we have sweden soon.
Fast forward 11 months (2024) Sweden became the 32nd country to join NATO.
This is great, educative and entertaining enough to keep your audience watching.
Just found your channel! This is great stuff, can’t believe I haven’t seen it before. Love it!
Welcome! And thanks for the kind words :D
Fact Checking: at the founding of NATO, in 1949, there wasn't only democratic countries. Portugal, which was at the time under Salazarist regime, was a founding member.
@@ozanareyiz7773 Can you develop that?
@@Isaac-hd1im Ya its an anri communist Imperialist military allaince. The widow dressing of Democratic Imperialism reveals itself when dealing with the form colonies and neocolonialist power. American Imperialism drops the Democratic facade when dealing with rebellion in the colonies. Bombing, military invasion and CIA terror become the methods to advance investors interests.
There was an election in 1949 - one that was deemed rather flawed - so as NATO was founded they could pretend it was democratic but it is the year that democracy ended in Portugal.
You're video is gonna blow up after the tragic events going on right now 💔
Hi from New Zealand,
Some wars were the result of overzealous U.S. presidents, who did not listen to UN objection to certain wars.
Some UN members don't understand what's "best for business"
3:08 - Canada had a different flag in 1949
Well, if you want to go that way, NATO adopted their flag in 1953
Not only is this video informative, but there’s some great humor in the beginning that had me chuckling quite hard
thank you so much.i learned english with your videos.
from Marrakech
Finland just joined aswell!
Wait a minute you are the narrator of the channel "The Beat Goes On". I love your voice and style of editing, keep it up!
Yep, that's me. :) Thank you so much!
Okay wow. This was amazingly described. I completely understand it now! Thank you for teaching me!
Thank you for explaining NATo to me I think It's always Good to have a great defence force to stand against the Iron fist Leaders Like Putin.
Hey Mr. Beat, just want to say that I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
+Mr Peapolop Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words and you taking the time to watch :D
This was a very informative video as well. I like these kind of videos.
Crazy how even more relevant this video has become very recently.
Just a small addition: in 1949 Portugal wasn't a democracy but had been under the authoritarian (and, according to some historians & political scientists, fascist) Estado Novo regime for 16 years, and it would continue to be under Estado Novo rule until 1979.
I got my definition from the dictionary, which oversimplified apparently. You are not the first to bring this up, but thank you for doing so.
Note: portugal wasnt fascist in any way
It was soft authoritarianism Not Fascism lmao.
Spain was Fascist Portugal was only soft fascism and it wasn't so bad
@@ezequiel717 no Spain was a despot as well.
@@ezequiel717 soft authoritarianism? you have got to be kidding. That must be why Portuguese people are racists
Great video!! Thank you!
Very enjoyable summary
Beat’s brother:Oh play-doh. Mr.Beat:No N-A-T-O! I love that part so much.
this didnt age well to the people who said "why do we still need NATO?"
Ukraine conflict started because of NATO
Would you consider doing an updated NATO “revisited” video? Really enjoying your content!
I love your videos dude thank you so much
You need to redo this as it's got to many errors.
NATO should stay, but maybe change focus when there are not possible threats from Russia, Korea, or the middle East. We're getting more globally minded all the time in trade, culture, and other ways. It's good to have a globally minded force to help us with that.
"Do you think it should still exist?" Yes, and expand
It's already expanding...
dirty globalist
Expand what? There is nothing. Its a political paper tiger.
I just wanted to learn something for fun history thanks Mr Beat. NATO and Warsaw Pacts has cool stuff and bad things people didn't like.
"Democratic"
"Turkey"
clusterferno was
and Portugal pre-1975
"democratic" USA
@@mikeoxsmal8022 how is USA not democratic?
@@charlieramonesbackingtrack8876 electoral college, 2 parties, no referendums, all power in Congress, corporate donations
Good video!
Thanks :)
I needed to brush up just a little bit on all the countries involved in NATO (for a few reasons lol). Thank for this video Mr.Beat
that is educative thank you so much
This video should require an update Mr. Beat. Now that (North) Macedonia is now member #30
This all reminds me of my sophomore year world history class. Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
The good old days always seem better than they actually were ;)
Mr. Beat Thanks for the wise words, Matt. I miss my past a lot since I was happier back then :'(
@@DarthCookieKS hopefully you now remember your 5 years old comment happily cause world is very bad currently
Also, ever heard of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? You should talk about them when you get the chance.
We need a NATO/OTAN flag emoji!!!
I'm from Portugal. We're far from the business end, but we're NATO forever. Peace and security through cooperation is always a good thing.
I'm from Norway, and we share a border and contested sea territory with Russia. Nato is a great idea for us.
Yeah, the opening of the Arctic Ocean due to warming oceans has appeared to make NATO even more relevant.
joaohumbg
While Finland is technically not a member of NATO, it sorta kinda is. Thing is Finland is in the EU, and the EU has it's own defensive pact, the CSDP. Which means that, if, for instance, Russia invaded Finland, all the other EU countries are automatically at war with Russia. And since most of the other EU member states are NATO members, NATO is at war with Russia too. So you can say that Finland, Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Cyprus, and of course the military might that is Malta do have the defensive protection from NATO without actually having any responsability to NATO. Pleace don't tell that to Trump, though...
Ahhh another party which gets the protection of NATO without paying in.
I'm American, and could give a fuck if NATO is good for stupid Norway. AFAIC, you get in trouble with Russia, you can fight them by yourself, treaties be damned (just like with Indians or ABM's etc.)
That goes triple for the retard countries in East Europe, and tenfold for the damned Baltics.
Simply n nice explanation Mr Beat.. I was just wondering, why did NATO get involved in the Korean war when South Korea was not a signatory state to NATO?
youre funny.... and informative.... i enjoy yer presentations
Someone should do a video on Shark NATO.
NATO no doubt should still be around. The world NEEDS an organization whose primary objective is to protect & preserve democracy.
U mean world needs organization that kils innocnet civilians and starts every war in the world.
@@aleksababic9967 Since when has NATO ever started a war? Nearly every war is started by some ambitious dictator.
@@JackInDaBox25 First of all I’m not going to insult you. But it's embarrassing that u are asking this question. USA and NATO are the ones that are starting all wars. For example, Afganistan. 11.9- Inside Job did by the USA government so they can have a fake reason to attack. They terrorise middle east countries, if u take arms up against them u will be presented as "terrorist". After the war they take all the oil from the country.
Then Ukraine. They were promoting Vladimir Zelensky for years, and set him as Ukraine leader so they can control him like their puppet. Ukraine is full of Nuclear power plants, and if Ukraine joined NATO, NATO would have their basses and Nuclear weapons and missiles on Russian border, which would start much worse war. They knew Russia couldn't let that happen so they feud Russia and Ukraine into a war, so they can profit(selling weapons). They did the same thing before WW2, arming Hitler and Germany and making a profit from a war they created.
We can also look at their War Crimes. 1999s when Albanians were terrorizing innocent Serbs on Kosovo, USA and NATO made a plan with Albania. They faked an banishment of Albanians from Kosovo, that were attacked by " Serbian Military ". They brought their CBC and BBC news recording " attacked" "poor" Albanians. Then when they had a fake reason, they started agression on Serbia. They used depleted uranium for bombing schools, hospitals, maternity hospital, homes, civilian institutions.... And Yes they called those " military objects". They also hid all of that as well as the Albanian genocide over Serbs.
Next, we have Iraq. I think I don’t even need to talk about this, because it would take me around 100 hours. The genocide they committed against Iraqi people is speechless crime.
Then lets have a look at their " democracy" that u mentioned. Is democracy to seize private property from hundreds of Russians living in Europe just because they are Russians during this war? Is democracy to support genocide and then hid another?
@@aleksababic9967 What you’re talking about sounds more like conspiracy theories than actual facts. Putin has already killed many ppl in his own country let alone in other countries. Not to mention, how do U equate diplomacy with “starting” a war. How does NATO & the US TALKING to a country about joining them “cause a war”. Did Putin HAVE to invade Georgia? Crimea? Ukrain? What also makes no sense about your comment is there are millions of ppl trying to leave Ukrain right now bc they don’t want to be under Putin’s reign. If Ukrainians don’t like democracy then why have we never heard of them revolting against the country. Why aren’t they welcoming Putin into the country with open arms? GTFOH
"Democracy" - Average USA patriotic person
What happends if NATO member attacks another NATO member? ..We have a situation here, Italy vs Croatia..
Depends where attacked. Article 5 only states that North America and Europe are covered. This stipulation proved unfortunate when British teritory (Falkland Islands) was invaded and captured by Argentina. Take Cyprus, here you have 2 NATO members going at it in Europe. NATO didn't do much there either. Article 5 (request for assistance) has only been invoked once, by USA, and that was for a terrorist attack, not a war. So, to answer your question, your guess is as good as mine :) but probably nothing but mediation.
Do one about the Warsaw Pact
3:56 the guard in the right side is looking at the wall???
Thanks!
Sweden and Finland have been Natocurious these few months if some have not noticed :/
What is the name of the song playing in the background.
mr beat i love you
Pushback :
resistance or opposition in response to a policy or regulation especially by those affected
So, in 2019, which countries are contributing their respective 2% of GDP I wonder ?
Cool!
#BoycottIsrael #BDS #FreePalestine
My dad fought in Korea... he always said the UN stands for United Nimrods.. go figure... 🐦
Cpt.Flippy Birds wow 😮, would’ve love to have spoken to him
I think we should all focus on Icelandic military spending.
Every fishing boat needs an aircraft carrier at the bery least a frigate.
Just for people wondering there has been a new member (North Macedonia) which joined in Feb of 2019. Just so you know.
*March 2020
What do you mean by “democratic” nation?
Pretty crazy because I remember in 2018 there was a lot of talk about the lifetime of nato and how it wasn’t needed any more. Skip 4 years later and nato grew even larger pulling in Sweden and Finland, and nato getting juiced up over the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦 proving why nato should still be skipping around.
I was saying back then that it was a naive belief.
There's a reason why NATO has been around for so long and smart people would realize that you should never abolish a defense treaty at all
It'd be awesome to replace NATO with the UN peacekeeping force but the sad fact is that they're not as effective and the UN allows themselves to get stepped on too often for my taste.
Detente is when all the NATO countries decided they preferred their pasta soft to the bite rather than over boiled.
I like how yugoslavia is just chilling in Europe lol
NATO is an extension of America's arrogant foreign policy. In fact American imperialism has never ended, which is why most American/NATO interventions have failed or simply result in a stalemate.
100% agree with you
No, NATO is also a defensive alliance between democracies, some of which haven't been very good democracies, and can only act as an alliance with all members when a country is attacked offensively. NATO is what keeps Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania independent and democratic, and while member states "interventions" need to be critiscised the alliance as a whole is what keeps the peace in Europe.
Mr. Beat make an update Video 2023
I fucking love nato
Plz do a video on The EU!
A good source to truly understand how and why NATO works well and why it is so very much different from any alliance before 1945 is a book called “Why NATO Endures” by Wallace J. Thies Highly recommended reading
Today i understand this noto topic
It’s still needed
Great video, I guess I found what I was looking for, plus my exact question was why U.S or Nato serves as the world police? Answer was UN does that, but it does not make sense if those who had power to make decisions are only superpower countries which can only support what benefits them and oppose anyone whom may seem like their competitor in any form, military, economically or technolocally wise.
I think we do need world organizations like Nato but that should not be driven by rich countries as somehow it does not look fair enough, they are capable of control but they can not remove all the wars in other countries as they mostly go there when there is something to benefit them other than freedom or democracy of the local people. example: they can not win wars in Africa due to that, talking about UN.
I believe that NATO makes the world less safe as any tiny act of aggression against any one of the member states would instantly escalate into worldwide nuclear war. As mentioned in the video, a big reason WWI happened was because of military alliances - because of this a Europe-wide war started from a simple assassination. In addition not all the countries in NATO are run by desirable or trustworthy regimes, such as the increasingly authoritarian Islamic government of Turkey. It would be terrible if American and Western European countries were dragged into a catastrophic war to defend such a regime.
Not only that why . There is much more reasons for that
NATO makes NATO countries safe. All our wars are now exported to second and third world counties in proxy wars.
I'm curious about your opinion on how much should the US contribute to the NATO budget, in comparison to the other countries?
I can understand the US having the responsibility to contribute the largest percentage of the budget. The US has the largest military contingent, provides the nuclear weapons, and selects the officer who serves as Supreme Commander.
However, I think that other countries, such as Luxembourg or Estonia, should provide a higher percentage to the NATO budget, since they can't provide matching manpower to the US.
If the US provides the funds for about 25 to 30 percent of the Budget, I'm ok with that...but I'm thinking it's probably closer to 60 percent or more...
``they were all democratic countries´´ False, they were all capitalist countries, but not all were democracies, Portugal was a dictatorship.
Oh snap, thanks for pointing that out. I literally got my definition from the dictionary, but sometimes even the dictionary can be inaccurate.
daniel gonzalez rodriguez True. Portugal was an exception because the Azores were too valuable
Geopolitics, and of course the ol' Cold War policy of "an enemy of my enemy is my friend, regardless if they are authoritarian or not"
daniel gonzalez rodriguez Uh your wrong Capitalism is very Democratic! And I did not know Portugal was a dictatorship that sounds wrong!
The portuguese dictatorship of "Estado novo" lasted from 1933 to 1974, so yes it was a dictatorship
Hey Mr. Beats. I have a suggestion. Do a video on all the times Presidents bucked their own party and sided with opposition party.
Like when GW Bush signed the corporate bailouts and Clinton supported NAFTA and the line item veto.
nato is trying to put out fire ??? LMFAO best joke ever
Can you do the Cold War next please?
Have you seen my end of the Cold War video? You'd probably dig that one. I do have a video about the Marshall Plan in the works soon. Would that be something you're interested in?
Mr. Beat I'll check it out
As much I’m against imperialism, NATO being allied keeps the peace in some cases, also North Macedonia joined in 2020 so now it has 30 member Nations.
I personally think we should keep NATO to keep Russia in check and keep the U.S. and Europe friendly and close but the U.S. and NATO should definitely reduce military intervention as it’s not good.
fun times now, eh?
@@jeffboi7595 unfortunately
Neither, it does not do either it simply protects the public interests of the affiliated countries by bonding together they become a stronger force. Play-dough bought in a store is not edible but if you make homemade play dough it's almost always edible and quite delicious a little salty but it won't kill you. Very good video thank you Suzanne.
Can you make a video about the DACA situation?
+Baby Nyanners Eventually I think I'd love to do that.
Just a little detail at 7:18 France left Nato in 1966 and rejoin it in 2009 so in 1999 the country wasn't here
France actually only left military structures of NATO, never left political structures. In 2009, under the presidency of Sarkozy France rejoin NATO's military structures.
Hristo Georgiev oh yeah sry didn't know about that thought the country left completely
This video has aged like fine wine and NATO could expand again due to the current ambitions of the Russians.
More like Russia could expand again due to the current ambitions of NATO.
@@josecipriano3048 Putin brought back the Soviet National Anthem in his first term in office 20+ years ago.
No way was NATO going to just sit back.
GREAT IDEA!LET IT befor security about bullies!!
From an American perspective I love nato because it’s basically like if you attack a small country that’s in nato you have to deal with the USA and UK
And we destroy Iraq, Libya, Syria... Yes, it's a great alliance
How about a history of SEATO, which existed in the 1950s to the 1970s, which was a reason that Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and South Kaorea were sucked into the Vietnam conflict.
Also Australia, New Zealand,Ethiopia and India were not part of NATO but still committed forces to the Korean War
oh oh Mr. Beast i thought he said :(
Nato is essentially an agreement where -Members rush to the aid of other members, to the best of their ability.
So the US risks war with Russia to defend latvia .
In exchange for this huge risk, the upside is, should the US and china clash, Latvia will contribute both its tanks.
Insignificant counties get all the benefit while the US assumes all the risk to defend areas that are often unknown to the US tax payer or those who will die in the effort.
Bellicose Nation And note that NATO did nothing when Russia annexed Crimea. ???
England, france, germany and poland are countries that can support the US.
Latvia has one tankette and 24 tanks
But
Turkey has 2229 tanks
Greece has 1365 tanks
Poland has 569 tanks
Romania has 413 tanks
Bulgaria has 410 tanks
Note: This video was outdated 4 years ago. North Macedonia joined 2 years ago, and it's their most recent member. Ukraine, Finland & Sweden asked to join, but we're not sure...
@@walterpalmer6312 Yeah.
April 4th, 2023
Then Finland came in.
Which means a solution gotta Stay if ot causes problems to solve. Gotcha
This is a great video for explaining the history of NATO, what it does, and some reasons why it exists. However, I'm surprised you didn't include the requirements for being part of NATO and the possible plans for NATO in the future. Also, I'm personally in favor of NATO. There are still some factions in the world that would bring about "the perfect world" with the death and punishment of millions if not billions of people, and NATO is the force that can stand against them.
Yeah, I thought about going into that but ultimately wanted to keep the video more simplified, as I am showing my high school students in real life this video next week. Thanks for sharing your opinion. Are you open to NATO and the UN joining forces?
Mr. Beat Those High School students sure do have a great privilege. The one I got is really good though. Quite frankly, I'm against the UN as it is now, I see it as pretty corrupt and needing of some changes. The idea of it is still good though. I'd prefer if NATO changed it's name and expanded. I'd say some good potential candidates are in Asia with Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, perhaps also the Philippines or even Vietnam since our relationship has improved with them a fair bit since the war.
+Coolcleverstone Well kind of you to say :) It sounds like you basically want NATO to do what the UN Peacekeepers never could
@@iammrbeat I've changed my mind a bit since then. The UN, corrupt as it can be, is still a good option to consider at times. Responsibilities are more spread out, and I suppose i'm warming up to the principle of "do not fire unless fired upon".
@@CoolcleverstoneCoolcleverstone and what about the members of nato who go into countries and steels their resources/seals weapons and lets them fight "u no who I'm talking about"! and that countre fights back, then that is bad?
I see NATO and America after the Cold War the same way as the Delian League and Athens after the Peloponnesian War
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My opinion is that, it should be maintained. The reasoned behind this is that it lessens the possibility of third world war.
Thank you
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