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| | Since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, NATO has departed immensely from its original purpose. Once a bulwark against Soviet communism, it is now a bulwark of [[globalism]],<ref>Multiple references: | | Since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, NATO has departed immensely from its original purpose. Once a bulwark against Soviet communism, it is now a bulwark of [[globalism]],<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *McManus, John F. (November 22, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/27443-the-truth-about-nato The Truth About NATO]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 26, 2017. | | *McManus, John F. (November 22, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/27443-the-truth-about-nato The Truth About NATO]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 26, 2017. |
| − | *McManus, John F. (December 18, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/34379-nato-s-real-purpose NATO’s Real Purpose]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 18, 2019.</ref> [[neoconservatism]], [[Islamism]], and [[imperialism]]. [[President Donald Trump]] was highly critical of how the United States has been saddled with the bulk of the cost throughout its history while [[Europe]] has not paid its agreed upon mandated share of defense costs. | + | *McManus, John F. (December 18, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/34379-nato-s-real-purpose NATO’s Real Purpose]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 18, 2019.</ref> [[neoconservatism]], [[Islamism]], [[imperialism]], and promoter of the [[homosexual agenda]]. [[President Donald Trump]] was highly critical of how the United States has been saddled with the bulk of the cost throughout its history while [[Europe]] has not paid its agreed upon mandated share of defense costs. |
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| | NATO is not "the world's policeman;" neither is it an enforcement arm or extension of the [[United Nations]]. | | NATO is not "the world's policeman;" neither is it an enforcement arm or extension of the [[United Nations]]. |
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| | NATO's official website states its political motive under [[Orwellian]] language: "NATO promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defence and security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict."<ref>https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html Retrieved August 7, 2019.</ref> Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has waged two wars of aggression, one against [[Serbia]] to carve out the state of [[Kosovo]], and another in [[Libya]] which resulted in chaos and the return of the slave trade in Black Africans. Its current secretary is [[Jens Stoltenberg]] of [[Norway]]. | | NATO's official website states its political motive under [[Orwellian]] language: "NATO promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defence and security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict."<ref>https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html Retrieved August 7, 2019.</ref> Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has waged two wars of aggression, one against [[Serbia]] to carve out the state of [[Kosovo]], and another in [[Libya]] which resulted in chaos and the return of the slave trade in Black Africans. Its current secretary is [[Jens Stoltenberg]] of [[Norway]]. |
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| | + | == Recent Timeline == |
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| | + | *1999: he first former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries to join NATO are the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]]. |
| | + | *2004: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO, as do the first three former [[Soviet]] republics (the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). |
| | + | *2009: Albania and Croatia join NATO. |
| | + | *2017: Montenegro joins NATO. |
| | + | *2020: North Macedonia joins NATO. |
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| | ==Post Cold War== | | ==Post Cold War== |