[PGR88]

I have always wondered why NATO was expanded in 1990 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

It should have been pared-down to 3 countries - UK, US, and Germany.

We share common culture, etc... with Europe, but now NATO is 30 members and we have no common enemy (or at least that is how the EU feels). We can’t even coordinate NATO in Afghanistan.

What is the point of maintaining the fiction?

[kc8ukw]

What is the point of maintaining the fiction?

I would love an explanation too. All we usually get from Washington is some empty sentence about "supporting our allies."

[infowarrior]

I have always wondered why NATO was expanded in 1990 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

NATO, as a worthwhile organization, lost any effective meaning with the collapse of first, the Warsaw Pact and then the collapse of the Soviet Union itself. The real question should have been "Why didn't NATO disband in 1990, after the collapse of the Soviet Union?"

the infowarrior