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The '''North Atlantic Treaty Organization ''' (also called '''NATO''', '''North Atlantic Alliance''', the '''Atlantic Alliance''', or the '''Western Alliance''') is a military alliance, established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty onย  4 April, 1949 as a counter-balance defence group against the [[Soviet Union]]. With headquarters in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], the organization established a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to '''mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party'''.<ref>https://www.nato.int/cv/is/home2.htm</ref>
The '''North Atlantic Treaty Organization ''' (also called '''NATO''', '''North Atlantic Alliance''', the '''Atlantic Alliance''', or the '''Western Alliance''') is a military alliance, established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty onย  4 April, 1949 as a counter-balance defence group against the [[Soviet Union]]. With headquarters in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], the organization established a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to '''mutual defence in response to an [[attack]] by any external party'''.<ref>https://www.nato.int/cv/is/home2.htm</ref>


The organisation today is seen an [[USA|American]] proxy force<ref>https://www.lawfareblog.com/time-get-handle-americas-conduct-proxy-warfare</ref><ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212247/</ref><ref>https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/03/28/nato-is-the-obstacle-to-improving-russian-western-relations/</ref> strongly linked to [[liberalism]] and [[capitalism]] and by virtue of that works against the interests of all nation states in [[Europe]], who it purports to wish to "protect".<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-nato-and-defense-europe-underlying-trends</ref>
The organisation today is seen an [[USA|American]] proxy force<ref>https://www.lawfareblog.com/time-get-handle-americas-conduct-proxy-warfare</ref><ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212247/</ref><ref>https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/03/28/nato-is-the-obstacle-to-improving-russian-western-relations/</ref> strongly linked to [[liberalism]] and [[capitalism]] and by [[virtue]] of that works against the interests of all [[nation]] states in [[Europe]], who it purports to wish to "protect".<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-nato-and-defense-europe-underlying-trends</ref>
[[File:Flag of NATO.svg.png|thumb|300px|NATO flag]]
[[File:Flag of NATO.svg.png|thumb|300px|NATO flag]]
==History==
==History==
[[File:Bundeswehr poster advertising for the acceptance of NATO in 1955.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bundeswehr]] poster advertising for the acceptance of NATO membership in 1955]]
[[File:Bundeswehr poster advertising for the acceptance of NATO in 1955.png|thumb|300px|[[Bundeswehr]] poster advertising for the acceptance of NATO membership in 1955]]
The [[Warsaw Pact]] was created in reaction to the integration of [[West Germany]] into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1955 following the London and Paris Conferences of 1954. France withdrew from NATO in 1966 and the Warsaw Pact was dissolved on 1 July 1991.
The [[Warsaw Pact]] was created in reaction to the [[integration]] of [[West Germany]] into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1955 following the London and Paris Conferences of 1954. France withdrew from NATO in 1966 and the [[Warsaw]] Pact was dissolved on 1 July 1991.
===Offensive force===
===Offensive force===
Since inception NATO has been under the ultimate control of the [[United States of America]], the dominant power, who have very effectively used NATO as their proxy force in numerous ''offensive'' actions, contrary to NATO's 'mission statement', such as interference in the internal affairs of [[Libya]], the invasions and destruction of [[Iraq]], and the war of attrition in [[Afghanistan]] which lasted over 12 years. It is responsible for the murders of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.<ref>http://uruknet.info/?p=m100775&hd=&size=1&l=e</ref><ref>http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2009/01/24/nato-soldier-over-dozen-civilians-killed-in-afghanistan-roundup.html</ref><ref>http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/68138</ref><ref>http://vivalibya.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/libyans-protest-nato-war-crimes-in-front-of-the-un-headquarters-in-cairo-03192013/</ref><ref>http://news.msn.com/world/11-afghan-children-among-killed-in-nato-airstrike?stay=1</ref>
Since inception NATO has been under the ultimate control of the [[United States of America]], the dominant power, who have very effectively used NATO as their proxy force in numerous ''offensive'' actions, contrary to NATO's 'mission statement', such as interference in the internal affairs of [[Libya]], the invasions and destruction of [[Iraq]], and the war of attrition in [[Afghanistan]] which lasted over 12 years. It is responsible for the murders of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.<ref>http://uruknet.info/?p=m100775&hd=&size=1&l=e</ref><ref>http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2009/01/24/nato-soldier-over-dozen-civilians-killed-in-afghanistan-roundup.html</ref><ref>http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/68138</ref><ref>http://vivalibya.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/libyans-protest-nato-war-crimes-in-front-of-the-un-headquarters-in-cairo-03192013/</ref><ref>http://news.msn.com/world/11-afghan-children-among-killed-in-nato-airstrike?stay=1</ref>


===Expansion===
===Expansion===
[[File:NATO expansion.jpg|300px|thumb|right|NATO expansion since 1997]]
[[File:NATO expansion.png|300px|thumb|right|NATO expansion since 1997]]
A new assessment of NATO by the United States Defence Department was released in February 1997 and published by the British-American Security Information Council, another puppet body of the USA. Included in this were proposals to expand NATO membership to include [[Poland]] (who advised that they had put aside ยฃ1 billion sterling for its contribution to joining the alliance), the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Hungary]], and for expansion of NATO's headquarters, outside Brussels, doubling the staff from 3000 to 6000. ย 
A new assessment of NATO by the United States Defence Department was released in February 1997 and published by the British-[[American]] Security Information Council, another puppet body of the USA. Included in this were proposals to expand NATO membership to include [[Poland]] (who advised that they had put aside ยฃ1 billion sterling for its contribution to joining the alliance), the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Hungary]], and for expansion of NATO's headquarters, outside Brussels, doubling the staff from 3000 to 6000. ย 


The blueprint plan had been drawn up by Herbert van Foreest, the Assistant Secretary-General in charge of resources. The NATO summit on 8 - 9 July that year in [[Madrid]] naturally formally accepted these new members. In addition, Britain was advised that "NATO's eastward expansion [towards Russia] could cost UK taxpayers ยฃ2 billion sterling".<ref>''The Times'', March 12, 1997, p.14.</ref><ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_136388.htm</ref>
The blueprint plan had been drawn up by Herbert van Foreest, the Assistant Secretary-General in charge of resources. The NATO summit on 8 - 9 July that year in [[Madrid]] naturally formally accepted these new members. In addition, Britain was advised that "NATO's eastward expansion [towards Russia] could cost UK taxpayers ยฃ2 billion sterling".<ref>''The Times'', March 12, 1997, p.14.</ref><ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_136388.htm</ref>
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Since joining NATO Poland has used the organisation to sabre-rattle provocatively against their age-old enemy, Russia.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-nato-russia-ukraine-andrzej-duda-jens-stoltenberg/</ref><ref>https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2021-11-26/Poland-NATO-US-troops-eastern-flank-russia-3758436.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/10/poland-warning-europe-russia-aggression-ukraine-smolensk-plane-crash</ref>
Since joining NATO Poland has used the organisation to sabre-rattle provocatively against their age-old enemy, Russia.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-nato-russia-ukraine-andrzej-duda-jens-stoltenberg/</ref><ref>https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2021-11-26/Poland-NATO-US-troops-eastern-flank-russia-3758436.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/10/poland-warning-europe-russia-aggression-ukraine-smolensk-plane-crash</ref>


On Monday 11 April 2022 the [[BBC]] interviewed [[France]]'s Professor Bruno Gollnisch, [[Member of the European Parliament|M.E.P.]] who condemned NATO expansions.<ref>BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme, Monday 11 April 2022.</ref>
On Monday 11 April 2022 the [[BBC]] interviewed [[France]]'s Professor [[Bruno Gollnisch]], [[Member of the European Parliament|M.E.P.]] who condemned NATO expansions.<ref>BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme, Monday 11 April 2022.</ref>


===Opposition===
===Opposition===
Just prior to the [[UK]]'s 1997 General Election, the [[Western Goals Institute]] in [[London]] published an article entitled '''''Time to Get Out of NATO''''' by [[Gregory Lauder-Frost]], opposing the above-mentioned enlargement of NATO and arguing that "internationalism, globalism, and now NATO threaten Britain's independence in foreign policy and defence."<ref>''Western Goals Political Briefing and Campaign Paper for Conservatives'', General Election Special Edition, London, 1997. Available here: https://traditionalbritain.org/journal/archive-western-goals-institute-spring-1997-election-issue/</ref>
Just prior to the [[UK]]'s 1997 General Election, the [[Western Goals Institute]] in [[London]] published an article entitled '''''[[Time]] to Get Out of NATO''''' by [[Gregory Lauder-Frost]], opposing the above-mentioned enlargement of NATO and arguing that "[[internationalism]], globalism, and now NATO threaten Britain's [[independence]] in foreign policy and defence."<ref>''Western Goals [[Political]] Briefing and Campaign Paper for [[Conservatives]]'', General Election Special Edition, London, 1997. Available here: https://traditionalbritain.org/journal/archive-western-goals-institute-spring-1997-election-issue/</ref>


On 20 August 2021, following the disastrous invasion of Afghanistan the ''Berliner Zeitung'' newspaper called for a reassessment of NATO.<ref>https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/en/the-afghanistan-disaster-shows-its-time-for-a-nato-rethink-li.177666</ref>
On 20 August 2021, following the disastrous invasion of Afghanistan the ''Berliner Zeitung'' newspaper called for a reassessment of NATO.<ref>https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/en/the-afghanistan-disaster-shows-its-time-for-a-nato-rethink-li.177666</ref>
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In December 2021 [[Russian Federation|Russia]] called for NATO to remove its forces from [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-unveils-security-guarantees-says-western-response-not-encouraging-2021-12-17/</ref>
In December 2021 [[Russian Federation|Russia]] called for NATO to remove its forces from [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-unveils-security-guarantees-says-western-response-not-encouraging-2021-12-17/</ref>


In his Summer 2023 book ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'', Stefan Korte sets forth the entire scenario of the Americans and their proxy, NATO, in Europe. In a brilliant analysis he attacks the eastward expansion of NATO, its ''de facto'' involvement in the Russo-Ukraine conflict, the NATO/American involvements in eastern Europe including their 'missile defence shield', the sabotage of Germany's gas pipelines and explains how the ultimate losers to NATO in Europe generally are the European states.<ref>Korte, Stefan, ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'', Legatum publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1 (available on Amazon)</ref>
In his Summer 2023 book ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'', Stefan Korte sets forth the entire scenario of the Americans and their proxy, NATO, in Europe. In a brilliant analysis he attacks the eastward expansion of NATO, its ''de facto'' involvement in the Russo-Ukraine conflict, the NATO/American involvements in eastern Europe including their 'missile defence shield', the sabotage of [[Germany]]'s gas pipelines and explains how the ultimate losers to NATO in Europe generally are the [[European]] states.<ref>Korte, Stefan, ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'', Legatum publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1 (available on Amazon)</ref>


===Finland and Sweden===
===Finland and Sweden===
: ''On 3 July 2022 NATO invited [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]] on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality. NATO's 30 allies took the decision at their summit in Madrid and also agreed to formally treat Russia as the "most significant and direct threat to the allies' security", according to a summit statement. "Today, we have decided to invite Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO," NATO leaders said in their declaration, after [[Turkey]] lifted a veto on Finland and Sweden joining. Ratification in allied parliaments is likely to take up to a year, but once it is done, Finland and Sweden will be covered by NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause, putting them under the [[United States]]' protective [[nuclear]] umbrella.''<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-finland-course-join-nato-russia-china-focus-allies-2022-06-29/ NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a 'direct threat']</ref>
: ''On 3 July 2022 NATO invited [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]] on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality. NATO's 30 allies took the decision at their summit in Madrid and also agreed to formally treat Russia as the "most significant and direct threat to the allies' security", according to a summit statement. "Today, we have decided to invite Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO," NATO [[leaders]] said in their declaration, after [[Turkey]] lifted a veto on Finland and Sweden joining. Ratification in allied parliaments is likely to take up to a year, but once it is done, Finland and Sweden will be covered by NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause, putting them under the [[United States]]' protective [[nuclear]] umbrella.''<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-finland-course-join-nato-russia-china-focus-allies-2022-06-29/ NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a 'direct threat']</ref>


==Ukraine==
==Ukraine==
The manoeuvering by the covert operations of USA State agencies to create violent anti-Russian agitation and unrest in the [[Ukraine]] in 2013-14, has doubtless only been made possible by America's control over NATO which it now using in its neo-[[Cold War]] approach to Russia. This USA agitation was dramatically escalated in 2021<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/01/us-warns-russia-plans-large-scale-attack-on-ukraine</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/us/politics/biden-putin-ukraine-call.html</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/us-russia-talks-as-ukraine-tensions-mount-live-updates</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59528864</ref> which ultimately led to Russia invading Ukraine on 24 February 2022. NATO and/or its members are supplying military equipment to Ukraine thus helping to escalate the situation, but also to test Russia's military capabilities at the expense of Ukrainian lives.
The manoeuvering by the covert operations of USA State agencies to create violent anti-Russian agitation and unrest in the [[Ukraine]] in 2013-14, has doubtless only been made possible by [[America]]'s control over NATO which it now using in its neo-[[Cold War]] approach to Russia. This USA agitation was dramatically escalated in 2021<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/01/us-warns-russia-plans-large-scale-attack-on-ukraine</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/us/politics/biden-putin-ukraine-call.html</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/us-russia-talks-as-ukraine-tensions-mount-live-updates</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59528864</ref> which ultimately led to Russia invading Ukraine on 24 February 2022. NATO and/or its members are supplying military equipment to Ukraine thus helping to escalate the situation, but also to test Russia's military capabilities at the expense of Ukrainian lives.


The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4 Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer]
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4 Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer]


===Invasion of Ukraine (2022)===
===Invasion of Ukraine (2022)===
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded the breakaway (1992) republic of [[Ukraine]]. Russia's President, [[Vladimir Putin]], described the invasion as a "special military operation" and said he wanted to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine, rather than occupy it,<ref>[https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17752412/russia-ukraine-news-invasion-war-no-fly-zone/ Putin warns of โ€˜untold consequencesโ€™ if โ€˜NUCLEAR powerโ€™ Russia is challenged while they โ€˜de-Nazifyโ€™ Ukraine]</ref><ref>[https://summit.news/2022/02/24/putin-says-he-invaded-ukraine-to-fight-nazis/ Putin Says He Attacked Ukraine to Fight Nazis</ref><ref>https://www.virlan.co/news/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-largest-military-offensive-since-world-war/</ref> in order to stop it becoming a [[USA]] satellite state and it joining [[NATO]] and the [[European Union]]. ย 
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded the breakaway (1992) [[republic]] of [[Ukraine]]. Russia's President, [[Vladimir Putin]], described the invasion as a "special military operation" and said he wanted to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine, rather than occupy it,<ref>[https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17752412/russia-ukraine-news-invasion-war-no-fly-zone/ Putin warns of โ€˜untold consequencesโ€™ if โ€˜NUCLEAR powerโ€™ Russia is challenged while they โ€˜de-Nazifyโ€™ Ukraine]</ref><ref>[https://summit.news/2022/02/24/putin-says-he-invaded-ukraine-to-fight-nazis/ Putin Says He Attacked Ukraine to Fight Nazis</ref><ref>https://www.virlan.co/news/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-largest-military-offensive-since-world-war/</ref> in order to stop it becoming a [[USA]] satellite state and it joining [[NATO]] and the [[European Union]]. ย 


Statement from NATO:
Statement from NATO:
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On 8 October 2022 the well-known expert on Russian affairs, John Laughland, addressed the Annual Conference of the [[Traditional Britain Group]] on the Ukraine conflict: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFU4C7eUARw&t=5s The Russia-Ukraine-European Crisis]
On 8 October 2022 the well-known expert on Russian affairs, John Laughland, addressed the Annual Conference of the [[Traditional Britain Group]] on the Ukraine conflict: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFU4C7eUARw&t=5s The Russia-Ukraine-European Crisis]


The American very small 'c' website ''conservapedia'' describes the war as one between NATO and Russia.<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/NATO_war_in_Ukraine</ref> This was confirmed in a press conference by Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's head in October 2022 when he said that if Russia wins it will be a defeat for NATO.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmL5mmSsqJs</ref>
The American very small 'c' website ''[[conservapedia]]'' describes the war as one between NATO and Russia.<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/NATO_war_in_Ukraine</ref> This was confirmed in a press conference by Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's head in October 2022 when he said that if Russia wins it will be a defeat for NATO.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmL5mmSsqJs</ref>


An important book by former Bundestag employee Stefan Korte, ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'' gives a very full 'essential reading' assessment of this conflict. <ref>Legatum publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1 (available on Amazon)</ref>
An important book by former Bundestag employee Stefan Korte, ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'' gives a very full 'essential reading' assessment of this conflict. <ref>Legatum publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1 (available on Amazon)</ref>


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
* ''Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states.'' โ€“ Wesley Kanne Clark, US-born Jewish former NATO general, 1999.<ref>[https://www.amren.com/features/2012/10/race-in-eastern-europe/ Race in Eastern Europe]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/20/balkans.guardianletters Independence for Kosovo]</ref>
* ''Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century [[idea]] and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-[[ethnic]] states.'' โ€“ Wesley Kanne Clark, US-born [[jewish]] former NATO general, 1999.<ref>[https://www.amren.com/features/2012/10/race-in-eastern-europe/ Race in Eastern Europe]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/20/balkans.guardianletters Independence for Kosovo]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* Korte, Stefan, ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'', www.Legatum-publishing.com, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1
* Korte, Stefan, ''Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe'', www.Legatum-publishing.com, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1


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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (also called NATO, North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance, or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance, established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April, 1949 as a counter-balance defence group against the Soviet Union. With headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, the organization established a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.[1]

The organisation today is seen an American proxy force[2][3][4] strongly linked to liberalism and capitalism and by virtue of that works against the interests of all nation states in Europe, who it purports to wish to "protect".[5]

File:Flag of NATO.svg.png
NATO flag

History

File:Bundeswehr poster advertising for the acceptance of NATO in 1955.png
Bundeswehr poster advertising for the acceptance of NATO membership in 1955

The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1955 following the London and Paris Conferences of 1954. France withdrew from NATO in 1966 and the Warsaw Pact was dissolved on 1 July 1991.

Offensive force

Since inception NATO has been under the ultimate control of the United States of America, the dominant power, who have very effectively used NATO as their proxy force in numerous offensive actions, contrary to NATO's 'mission statement', such as interference in the internal affairs of Libya, the invasions and destruction of Iraq, and the war of attrition in Afghanistan which lasted over 12 years. It is responsible for the murders of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.[6][7][8][9][10]

Expansion

File:NATO expansion.png
NATO expansion since 1997

A new assessment of NATO by the United States Defence Department was released in February 1997 and published by the British-American Security Information Council, another puppet body of the USA. Included in this were proposals to expand NATO membership to include Poland (who advised that they had put aside ยฃ1 billion sterling for its contribution to joining the alliance), the Czech Republic and Hungary, and for expansion of NATO's headquarters, outside Brussels, doubling the staff from 3000 to 6000.

The blueprint plan had been drawn up by Herbert van Foreest, the Assistant Secretary-General in charge of resources. The NATO summit on 8 - 9 July that year in Madrid naturally formally accepted these new members. In addition, Britain was advised that "NATO's eastward expansion [towards Russia] could cost UK taxpayers ยฃ2 billion sterling".[11][12]

In 2016 the incoming American Supreme Commander of NATO and of USA forces in Europe made an openly aggressive anti-Russia speech, as though the Cold War was still in progress. It was the clearest evidence that NATO is simply an American proxy force.[13]

Since joining NATO Poland has used the organisation to sabre-rattle provocatively against their age-old enemy, Russia.[14][15][16]

On Monday 11 April 2022 the BBC interviewed France's Professor Bruno Gollnisch, M.E.P. who condemned NATO expansions.[17]

Opposition

Just prior to the UK's 1997 General Election, the Western Goals Institute in London published an article entitled Time to Get Out of NATO by Gregory Lauder-Frost, opposing the above-mentioned enlargement of NATO and arguing that "internationalism, globalism, and now NATO threaten Britain's independence in foreign policy and defence."[18]

On 20 August 2021, following the disastrous invasion of Afghanistan the Berliner Zeitung newspaper called for a reassessment of NATO.[19]

In December 2021 Russia called for NATO to remove its forces from Eastern Europe.[20]

In his Summer 2023 book Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe, Stefan Korte sets forth the entire scenario of the Americans and their proxy, NATO, in Europe. In a brilliant analysis he attacks the eastward expansion of NATO, its de facto involvement in the Russo-Ukraine conflict, the NATO/American involvements in eastern Europe including their 'missile defence shield', the sabotage of Germany's gas pipelines and explains how the ultimate losers to NATO in Europe generally are the European states.[21]

Finland and Sweden

On 3 July 2022 NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality. NATO's 30 allies took the decision at their summit in Madrid and also agreed to formally treat Russia as the "most significant and direct threat to the allies' security", according to a summit statement. "Today, we have decided to invite Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO," NATO leaders said in their declaration, after Turkey lifted a veto on Finland and Sweden joining. Ratification in allied parliaments is likely to take up to a year, but once it is done, Finland and Sweden will be covered by NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause, putting them under the United States' protective nuclear umbrella.[22]

Ukraine

The manoeuvering by the covert operations of USA State agencies to create violent anti-Russian agitation and unrest in the Ukraine in 2013-14, has doubtless only been made possible by America's control over NATO which it now using in its neo-Cold War approach to Russia. This USA agitation was dramatically escalated in 2021[23][24][25][26] which ultimately led to Russia invading Ukraine on 24 February 2022. NATO and/or its members are supplying military equipment to Ukraine thus helping to escalate the situation, but also to test Russia's military capabilities at the expense of Ukrainian lives.

The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis: Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer

Invasion of Ukraine (2022)

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded the breakaway (1992) republic of Ukraine. Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, described the invasion as a "special military operation" and said he wanted to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine, rather than occupy it,[27][28][29] in order to stop it becoming a USA satellite state and it joining NATO and the European Union.

Statement from NATO:

NATO condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia's brutal and unprovoked war against Ukraine - which is an independent, peaceful and democratic country, and a close NATO partner. The Alliance calls on President Putin to stop this war immediately, withdraw all his forces from Ukraine and engage in genuine diplomacy.[30] [...] A strong, independent Ukraine is vital for the stability of the Euro-Atlantic area. Relations between NATO and Ukraine date back to the early 1990s and have since developed into one of the most substantial of NATOโ€™s partnerships. Since 2014, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, co-operation has been intensified in critical areas.[31]

On May 9, 2023, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said:

The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed NATO, but then you have to remember the war didnโ€™t start in 2022.....The war started in 2014."[32]

Assessment

A very full and detailed assessment of the war in Ukraine was prepared by a Swiss research group. One can read it here: Ukraine War: An Analysis

On 8 October 2022 the well-known expert on Russian affairs, John Laughland, addressed the Annual Conference of the Traditional Britain Group on the Ukraine conflict: The Russia-Ukraine-European Crisis

The American very small 'c' website conservapedia describes the war as one between NATO and Russia.[33] This was confirmed in a press conference by Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's head in October 2022 when he said that if Russia wins it will be a defeat for NATO.[34]

An important book by former Bundestag employee Stefan Korte, Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe gives a very full 'essential reading' assessment of this conflict. [35]

Quotes

  • Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states. โ€“ Wesley Kanne Clark, US-born jewish former NATO general, 1999.[36][37]

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ https://www.nato.int/cv/is/home2.htm
  2. โ†‘ https://www.lawfareblog.com/time-get-handle-americas-conduct-proxy-warfare
  3. โ†‘ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212247/
  4. โ†‘ https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/03/28/nato-is-the-obstacle-to-improving-russian-western-relations/
  5. โ†‘ https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-nato-and-defense-europe-underlying-trends
  6. โ†‘ http://uruknet.info/?p=m100775&hd=&size=1&l=e
  7. โ†‘ http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2009/01/24/nato-soldier-over-dozen-civilians-killed-in-afghanistan-roundup.html
  8. โ†‘ http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/68138
  9. โ†‘ http://vivalibya.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/libyans-protest-nato-war-crimes-in-front-of-the-un-headquarters-in-cairo-03192013/
  10. โ†‘ http://news.msn.com/world/11-afghan-children-among-killed-in-nato-airstrike?stay=1
  11. โ†‘ The Times, March 12, 1997, p.14.
  12. โ†‘ https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_136388.htm
  13. โ†‘ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/proxy-wars-and-provocations-relations-between-russia-and-the-us-are-chilling-a6997526.html
  14. โ†‘ https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-nato-russia-ukraine-andrzej-duda-jens-stoltenberg/
  15. โ†‘ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2021-11-26/Poland-NATO-US-troops-eastern-flank-russia-3758436.html
  16. โ†‘ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/10/poland-warning-europe-russia-aggression-ukraine-smolensk-plane-crash
  17. โ†‘ BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme, Monday 11 April 2022.
  18. โ†‘ Western Goals Political Briefing and Campaign Paper for Conservatives, General Election Special Edition, London, 1997. Available here: https://traditionalbritain.org/journal/archive-western-goals-institute-spring-1997-election-issue/
  19. โ†‘ https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/en/the-afghanistan-disaster-shows-its-time-for-a-nato-rethink-li.177666
  20. โ†‘ https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-unveils-security-guarantees-says-western-response-not-encouraging-2021-12-17/
  21. โ†‘ Korte, Stefan, Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe, Legatum publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1 (available on Amazon)
  22. โ†‘ NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a 'direct threat'
  23. โ†‘ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/01/us-warns-russia-plans-large-scale-attack-on-ukraine
  24. โ†‘ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/us/politics/biden-putin-ukraine-call.html
  25. โ†‘ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/us-russia-talks-as-ukraine-tensions-mount-live-updates
  26. โ†‘ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59528864
  27. โ†‘ Putin warns of โ€˜untold consequencesโ€™ if โ€˜NUCLEAR powerโ€™ Russia is challenged while they โ€˜de-Nazifyโ€™ Ukraine
  28. โ†‘ [https://summit.news/2022/02/24/putin-says-he-invaded-ukraine-to-fight-nazis/ Putin Says He Attacked Ukraine to Fight Nazis
  29. โ†‘ https://www.virlan.co/news/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-largest-military-offensive-since-world-war/
  30. โ†‘ NATO's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
  31. โ†‘ Relations with Ukraine
  32. โ†‘ Opinion Editorial Board interview: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, By the Washington Post Editorial Board, May 9, 2023.
  33. โ†‘ https://www.conservapedia.com/NATO_war_in_Ukraine
  34. โ†‘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmL5mmSsqJs
  35. โ†‘ Legatum publishing, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1 (available on Amazon)
  36. โ†‘ Race in Eastern Europe
  37. โ†‘ Independence for Kosovo
  • Korte, Stefan, Geopolitical Upheaval in Eastern Europe, www.Legatum-publishing.com, 2023, ISBN: 978-82-93925-23-1
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