Posted on 03/10/2015 2:22:16 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
That's an excellent point, trebb, and reflects my original misgivings about broadly expanding NATO after the Soviet collapse. We are now allied with a host of tiny countries who brought their own deep (and some ancient) grievances into the broader alliance. The great danger is that one of these midgets might want to have its new treaty partner settle its old scores along the lines of "Let's you and him fight." And here we are...
Agreed.
I offer the Iraqi army as an example. Iraq is a geographical expression. It is not a nation with a people. When push came to shove, the Iraqi army fell apart. By contrast, the Kurds are a people, and the individual Kurd is willing to fight for his people.
As long as I'm pontificating, let me note that America is well on its way to being a geographical expression, not a people. When that process is sufficiently advanced, the "nation" will fall apart.
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