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May 23, 2012

NATO Does Not Know What It Is For

David Warren, Ottawa Citizen

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NATO does not know what it is for. Its member governments are unable to formulate a common purpose. Its use as a flag of convenience, for exotic foreign adventures that may be popular for a brief time, subverts its function as a military alliance. It has lost the luxury of a common, public enemy.

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