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  • The Myth of NATO as a Defensive Alliance

    10/05/2023 11:00:19 AM PDT · by MarMema · 36 replies
    The future of freedom foundation ^ | August 31, 2023 | Ted Galen Carpenter
    Western leaders have long fostered the self-serving myth that NATO is an organization solely for the mutual defense of its members. The corollary is that other nations therefore have no legitimate reason to fear the most powerful military alliance in history. After all, it is an association of peace-loving democracies. NATO is not a purely defensive alliance, and its members are not peace-loving democracies. The operational expression of the myth is most evident regarding relations with Russia. According to the dominant narrative (that a sycophantic news media obediently circulate) is that NATO’s addition of new members in Eastern Europe during...