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2010-07-04 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Goober Crealet3411 2010-07-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 NATO is irrelevant to the major challenges facing us in this century, all of which originate from Asia.

The problem with our NATO allies used to be lack of will. Thanks to the debt crisis, it's far worse now: even if by some miracle the Germans French and the rest were to change their national mindsets and want to increase defense spending, they no longer can. In fact, even Britain is likely to slash its military severely, as will the rest of Europe, because they have no choice. Ditto for the next US president, regardless which party he or she belongs to.

Add to the above the determination of Turkey's leaders to sidle up to Iran and embrace jihadism, and the obvious conclusion is that NATO must either go east or go out of business.

Going east = finding an accommodation with the only non-jihadist military power that spans Europe and Asia. If the West is to count for anything in this century, it has to bring Russia-- gangster-state, brutal, hideously and irredeemably corrupt-- into the western fold.

Otherwise, as one European diplomat put it, Europe will cease to exist, becoming a minor province on the far western edge of the Asian peninsula.

Posted by lex 2010-07-04 12:00|| 2010-07-04 12:00|| Front Page Top

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