I realize that this guy's views are pretty radical. That's why I only took the core thesis seriously when I read it in 1996. He admits the could be wrong about the "secret" alliance he calls the New Axis. Still, I suspect that in regard to this central thesis, especially in retrospect, he may have been more right than wrong.
At any rate, the new coalition looks pretty shaky to me. And if this thing were to really break loose, we'd probably NEED the help of NATO. Come to think of it, NATO awacs are flying Homeland Security right now, aren't they? And probably only thanks to GWB's balls and the threat to use everything we have on anyone who broke out of line here with WMD's, there's not yet a second front. Not that it isn't trying to break out all over the ME, if not elsewhere, from my point of view.
NATO is flying AWACs here for one reason only: it is good feel-good PR for the other NATO nations. It makes their leadership look like they are needed and useful to the cause. Bush threw them a bone to gnaw on, so that they would quit buzzing around wanting to be in on picking targets and such. Since we don't want a bunch of nations telling us how to run a guerilla war, that leaves NATO with its mutual defense clause looking next to useless, and it isn't in our interest to make them look weak and invite more conflict. The intelligence reports and financial investigations the other NATO nations have offered don't make for good copy on the news since for the most part they must keep them discrete while the investigation continues. That makes their politicians look impotent and that is bad for NATO unity, which might come in handy as this operation continues and broadens.
What to do? What to do? well, we let them fly some AWACs over territory we already have covered through other means. They can't screw anything up that way since they won't be part of the choreography of the offensive strikes. It gives them a defensive role, so they look like they are doing something for their fellow NATO member under article 5. And best of all, it keeps them out of our hair while making them feel like they are an active and ongoing part of the coalition. If it wasn't AWACs flights we'd have to find something else for them to do.