Posted on April 7, 2018 by stephen-lendman
The North Atlantic Alliance functions as an arm of US imperial policy – intended for offense, not defense, especially after Soviet Russia dissolved. World peace and stability are unattainable as long as this killing machine exists, waging endless wars of aggression, raping and destroying one country after another, responsible for countless millions of casualties and ...
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Posted on April 1, 2018 by stephen-lendman
Russophobic shoes keep dropping, another explained below, likely worst of all to come, a hugely dangerous situation, risking nuclear war. Washington controls NATO, including who fills top positions and serves as its director-general. Current incumbent Jens Stoltenberg acts as an extension of America’s imperial agenda, obeying US orders he’s given. On Tuesday, he withdrew accreditation ...
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Posted on October 15, 2017 by stephen-lendman
Aspirants must be willing to swear allegiance to Washington’s imperial agenda, its wars of aggression, its rape and destruction of one country after another – on the phony pretexts of democracy building and humanitarian intervention. They must abandon their morals, ethics, and integrity, willingly ignore international laws, norms and standards, as well as stay silent ...
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Posted on June 19, 2017 by guest-post
(RT) An international legal team is preparing a lawsuit against NATO over the alliance’s alleged use of depleted uranium munitions during its bombing of Yugoslavia. These have allegedly caused a rise in cancer-related illnesses across the region over the years. “The NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999 used between 10 and 15 tons of depleted ...
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Posted on June 17, 2017 by stephen-lendman
Lawyers representing the Serbian Royal Academy of Scientists and Artists are preparing to sue each of the then-20 NATO member countries – not through the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in national courts of each offending country. Serbian lawyer Srdjan Aleksic explained, saying “(w)e believe that this is within the competence of national courts. These ...
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Posted on June 7, 2017 by stephen-lendman
Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday, Putin’s comments were refreshingly frank and straightforward like all his remarks – whether prepared in advance on in answering questions. US-dominated NATO’s military buildup concerns him and other Russian officials greatly, Putin saying: Alliance “bases are moving closer to our western ...
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Posted on June 1, 2017 by stephen-lendman
The North Atlantic Alliance became obsolete after Soviet Russia dissolved in 1991 and should have been disbanded. Instead it expanded, its aim to have members and partners on every continent, serving US imperial interests. America dominates alliance policy, other member states and partners subservient to its objectives. In 1989, GHW Bush promised Mikhail Gorbachev NATO ...
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Posted on May 19, 2017 by guest-post
By: 21st Century Wire | On the back of reports that the White Helmets had recently, sent a team to Ariha in Idlib, with the intention of staging another chemical weapon attack, Syrian Arab News Agency has focused on interviews with captured terrorist fighters. These NATO and Gulf state-armed terrorist testimony adds another layer to ...
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Posted on May 9, 2017 by stephen-lendman
No nations threaten America, not Russia, North Korea or any others. Claims otherwise are Big Lies – a pretext for increased military spending along with fear-mongering to enlist public support. Last Tuesday, NATO commander US General Curtis Scaparrotti said he needs more funding for an increased longterm military buildup in Europe. He wants an additional ...
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Posted on February 1, 2017 by stephen-lendman
Candidate Trump called NATO “obsolete,” saying the alliance needs reframing, focusing on combating ISIS and other terrorist threats, not targeting countries for regime change. He suggested America might not defend certain NATO states if attacked, complained about America carrying too great a financial burden, many other members not paying their fair share. Candidate Trump said ...
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Posted on December 31, 2016 by stephen-lendman
Washington prioritizes militarism, conquest, occupation, colonization and exploitation – longstanding ruthless policies. Adam Smith, in his “Wealth of Nations,” long ago explained how America operates today, saying: “All for ourselves and nothing for other people seems in every age of the world to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” Russia’s intervention ...
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Posted on December 29, 2016 by guest-post
By: Claire Bernish, The Free Thought Project | Yves Chandelon, NATO Auditor General, was found dead — by gunshot to the head — in the Belgian city of Andenne last Friday. Authorities are calling the death a suicide, but Chandelon’s family is reportedly vehemently disputing that assessment. Although information remains scarce, there are troubling details ...
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Posted on November 22, 2016 by stephen-lendman
It’s no more likely than the sun henceforth rising in the west once he’s inaugurated. Though calling NATO “obsolete” and “costing us a fortune,” he said “I don’t want to pull (America) out,” adding “I think the distribution of costs has to be changed.” “We’re paying disproportionately. It’s too much…(I)t’s a different world than ...
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Posted on November 21, 2016 by the-sleuth-journal
How close is too close for NATO to spread Eastwards, and how far will they test the boundaries? Talks of Ukraine joining the military alliance were on the agenda the 2000s, but ceased after Russia’s swift response to the Georgian aggression in Tskhinvali in 2008. Currently, the Ukraine is unable to join NATO due to ...
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Posted on November 16, 2016 by daisy-luther
Angela Merkel and nearly every other national leader in Europe are in a panic because of Trump’s unexpected win in the Presidential election. Why? Because, money, of course. The US money that props up NATO may be coming to an end. During his election campaign, President-Elect Trump described NATO as obsolete. “NATO is something that ...
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