'The beginning of the end' of NATO?

Washington Examiner ^ | 10/19/15 | Charles Hoskinson

[ExCTCitizen]

NATO has their day, however, NATO back in the 90s should've change to help Europeans to build their defense, in case Russia started to be the USSR.

However, I think we need to rethink the military. Lets use the military to build the wall, defend our shores and then use the military to help other countries.

[gtx960]

NATO is a Cold War relic that should be dissolved.

NATO leaders know Russia will never allow Ukraine to become part of an anti-Russian military alliance encircling Russia.

The only way NATO maintains continued relevance is if it abandons its Cold War mindset.

And its been a quarter century since the Iron Curtain collapsed and Communism vanished.

NATO raison d’etre disappeared along with it.

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Many posters forget that Russia is not the mighty USSR of times past. It has an economy smaller than Italy’s and a population barely one-third that of the USA. It’s trade policy is basically third world, relying on exports of raw materials—and the mercy of the commodities markets—for income. Russia is, in fact, the Italy of the 1930s, a relatively weak second rate power that is able to play the world power game because great nations (or great alliances like NATO) aren’t willing to put it back in its box. The parallels between Putin and Mussolini are too obvious to ignore.