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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-435476,00.html [The US's NATO cohorts will do what they're told and what is viewed by themselves as being in their mutual interests, as is evidenced by the deployment of troops and warships and warplanes from every major NATO nation in South and Central Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, the Balkans and the Caucasus currently. As long as all members are treaty-bound to the United States and other great power allies, especially by the Article Five (so-called) mutual defense clause activated a year ago, the bogus feint of unilateralism versus multilateralism is a ploy used for domestic political purposes in Europe and Canada, where the popular opposition to war against Iraq - and beyond - is substantial to overwhelming. The genuine solution to the problem of increasingly dangerous military provocation and aggression worldwide is offered, however disingenuously, by the Norwegian Defense Minister below: 'She said that small Nato members may quit the alliance, reducing its legitimacy.' Of course NATO has no legitimacy except in the eyes of militarists, sociopathic 'geostrategists' and defense contractors, but the sooner small, and larger, members withdraw from the expansionist alliance the sooner any real prospect for a peaceful comity of nations can evolve.] The Times (London) October 4, 2002 Nato challenged to back action on Iraq By Michael Evans, Defence Editor WASHINGTON put Nato on the spot yesterday by challenging the alliance to give its full backing to American military action against Iraq. Stephen Hadley, the US deputy national security adviser, told a Nato conference in Brussels that he expected the alliance to show solidarity for America�s approach towards President Saddam Hussein at next month�s summit in Prague. France and Germany are opposed to American unilateral action against Iraq and Nato is excluded from planning for a US-led war, so the issue of Saddam is not on the agenda for the Prague summit. Mr Hadley told Nato delegates: �Prague will be a place where Nato must speak about Iraq. The Iraq regime poses a unique threat to the national security of each of our countries. This means that it is a challenge for Nato implicitly, if not explicitly.� He added: �The summit will be a valuable opportunity to show allied solidarity in the face of this common threat.� However, Nato diplomatic sources said that although the alliance would not have a role in dealing with Iraq, the issue of weapons of mass destruction would be on the agenda. The sources said that Iraq would be discussed in the margins and during bilateral talks with America. The last time that Nato was used for a military operation was in August last year when British and other alliance troops were deployed to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to oversee the handover of arms by the rebel ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army. At yesterday�s conference in Brussels on Nato�s future, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, the Nato Secretary-General, made no reference to Iraq in his speech. He did give warning, however, that the US should use Nato to consult European allies if the alliance was not to become irrelevant. �We must not shy away from putting even the most controversial topics on our agenda,� Lord Robertson said. Several European delegates spoke of dangerous consequences if Washington started wars without the approval of the United Nations. �We must all resist the temptation of declaring the (Nato) alliance irrelevant,� Kristin Krohn Devold, the Norwegian Defence Minister, said. �What we need is reassurance that the alliance remains vital to all of us. The United States carries a special responsibility when it comes to giving this message.� She said that small Nato members may quit the alliance, reducing its legitimacy. Javier Solana, the EU�s top foreign policy official, similarly urged the United States to stick to multilateralism. �Ad hoc coalitions of docile followers to be chosen or discarded at will is neither attractive nor sustainable,� he said. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
