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Posted by: Sgt Mag1
Posted by: Darth Malvagio
NATO is a facade, like any other international organization. Not to be arrogant, but we know who wears the pants in the North Atlantic. If you knew the history of NATO, you'd realize why the United States is in the military alliance and why we "wear the pants". We're still going to go through them, as a multilateral response is the best way to go in this situation.
The UN, NATO, are all the result of human will and desire to do right by everyone; unfortunately that never turns out to be the end.K
History tells us otherwise? What does it tell us? That nearly 11 years later, Afghanistan is no better off from an external/ international vantage point than it used to be?History tells us that we often work with other countries, and we do it quite well. World War 2, Korea, First Gulf War, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, War on Terror, Second Gulf War, Operation Ocean Shield, and most recently the intervention in Libya shows us that when we work multilaterally, we accomplish things.
I'm fairly versed in NATO's history; however, the loose political affiliation that it attempts to bind us to is not enough to prevent any US interest with regard to military intervention. The premise of NATO relies on a joint defense should any one of the members be attacked by an outside force.
History also tells us that each nation has a military that operates in very different ways with many different standard operating procedures. I watched a group of Romanian soldiers park their whole 8-vehicle convoy in the middle of a dried riverbed, assuming it provided them the most significant amount of cover and concealment for our training exercise. We strongly advised against it; it rained. Joint operations are wonderful when one country takes the wheel, and the other countries properly support.