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==Post-Cold war expansion and aggression==

==Post-Cold war expansion and aggression==

[[File:American war criminals.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'''[[Liberal triumphalism]]:''' accused of [[war crimes]] in the [[Kosovo war]], [[Madeleine Albright]] (left) [[Bill Clinton]] (center) and [[Joe Biden]] (right).<ref>[https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/kosovo-indictment-proves-bill-clintons-serbian-war-atrocities/ Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities], by Jim Bovard, Jun 25, 2020. ''The Libertarian Institute''.</ref>]]

[[File:American war criminals.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'''[[Liberal triumphalism]]:''' accused of [[war crimes]] in the [[Kosovo war]], [[Madeleine Albright]] (left) [[Bill Clinton]] (center) and [[Joe Biden]] (right).<ref>[https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/kosovo-indictment-proves-bill-clintons-serbian-war-atrocities/ Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities], by Jim Bovard, Jun 25, 2020. ''The Libertarian Institute''.</ref>]]

The crowning achievements of Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] was the signing of the long sought-after Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF Treaty) in 1988.  The treaty banned placement of nuclear missiles with a range of 1,000 to 5,000 kilometers near each other's borders or the capital cities of allies.  This agreement paved the way for the end of the Cold War.

The crowning achievements of Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] was the signing of the long sought-after [[Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Forces]] (INF Treaty) in 1988.  The treaty banned placement of nuclear missiles with a range of 1,000 to 5,000 kilometers near each other's borders or the capital cities of allies.  This agreement paved the way for the end of the Cold War.

When the Cold War ended, NATO or ‘the collective West’, began promoting an aggressive ideology of organized violence, a politically- economically- and militarily-enforced doctrine known as ‘globalism’.  After the Kosovo bombing in 1998,<ref>https://www.aim.org/media-monitor/kosovo-wag-the-dog/</ref> the use of NATO to wage aggressive war called into question the very reason for the  organization's existence.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/4489267</ref>  Some called for the abolishment of the organization, stating that it had lost it original purpose.  

When the Cold War ended, NATO or ‘the collective West’, began promoting an aggressive ideology of organized violence, a politically- economically- and militarily-enforced doctrine known as ‘globalism’.  After the Kosovo bombing in 1998,<ref>https://www.aim.org/media-monitor/kosovo-wag-the-dog/</ref> the use of NATO to wage aggressive war called into question the very reason for the  organization's existence.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/4489267</ref>  Some called for the abolishment of the organization, stating that it had lost it original purpose.