[paddles]

Lefties in Britain, Germany, France: "The Axis of Weasels."

[dennybabyboy-fitzy]

HELLO!

Can you show me where in the report, that it comments on sniping by 'British lefties', or even French for that matter.

[Sally II]

Ha ha! "The Axis of Weasles"!!! That's a good one! Anyone keep up with the articles coming out of www.jewishworldreview.com. Can't remember who wrote this article last week, but they were comparing the European alies to the fat kid who moans and whines because he wants to play quarterback on the high school team . . .or something like that.

[Grampa Dave]

paddles this great: Lefties in Britain, Germany, France: "The Axis of Weasels."

John, I nominate paddles quote, b>Lefties in Britain, Germany, France: "The Axis of Weasels.", as the quote of the day.

Paddles, I have just stolen this from you!

[vannrox]

SUMMARY

Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty does not guarantee the use of force to assist an ally under attack. Nonetheless, the U.S. pledge to assist an ally under attack has been the core of the alliance. Despite growing political functions, the NATO views collective defense, and not collective security, as its core function.

ARTICLE V

A collective security organization settles disputes among its members. In contrast, a collective defense organization assists a member state under attack by an outside country. NATO is a collective defense organization. Article V states that NATO members must consider coming to the aid of an ally under attack. However, it does not guarantee assistance. Article V is the Treaty's key provision and the linchpin binding the United States to its NATO allies. It states, in part, that "an armed attack against one or more [allies] shall be considered an attack against them all." Additional language makes clear that the commitment to assist an ally is not unconditional. Rather, each signatory will assist the ally under attack with "such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force ......"(1) Since the early 1990s, NATO has begun to adopt "new missions," such as crisis management and peacekeeping, sometimes referred to as "non-Article V missions." Current members and candidate states, however, believe collective defense, as expressed in Article V, remains the core of the alliance, a view likely to endure as long as the possibility of a nationalistic, aggressive Russia remains.