On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> >For some reason, I doubt the US (or the GOP) will actually give it away --
> >I'm pretty sure they'll charge other countries for that "protection".
> >They'll probably even end up making a big profit on it.
>
> Anyone know if America charged NATO for all of the services rendered during
> the Cold War?
>
> JDG
Was that rhetorical? I do, of course, and the answer is that no, we
didn't, of course. In fact given our astonishing foreign aid budget in
the aftermath of the Second World War, not only did we not charge the
nations of western Europe, we also helped them rebuild their economies.
Gautam
