Who Needs NATO? We All Do
Has the Atlantic alliance outlived its usefulness? The British journalist and historian Geoffrey Wheatcroft raised that question in an opinion article on Thursday, commenting on the speech by Robert Gates in Brussels last week in which the outgoing U.S. defense secretary accused other members of the Atlantic alliance of not pulling their financial and political weight. Ivo H. Daalder, the U.S. permanent representative to NATO, joins the debate.
“Who needs NATO?” asks Geoffrey Wheatcroft. A good question, with a simple answer: We all do.
NATO is, as President Obama has said, “the most successful alliance in human history”. During its first 40 years, it won the Cold War.… Seguir leyendo »