Posted on 10/24/2013 1:42:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Two weeks ago, German officials in Brussels and other European capitals sounded the alarm. France was trying “to discredit” the German proposal to reform NATO, according to a presentation given to (German Defense Minister Thomas) de Maizière on Oct. 9. …
The resistance of the French is directed against de Maizière’s reform proposal, which the defense ministers will first address at the meeting on Tuesday. The German concept envisages that the alliance in future be divided into “clusters,” which will each be led by one of the larger NATO member states. …
But going forward, Berlin wants such groupings to be firmly anchored within NATO’s infrastructure. “What is new is the extent, the intensity and the scope of its application,” says the paper that de Maizière distributed to other NATO members. The plan is that that these states pool their military capabilities and even join together to procure new weapons systems and equipment.
France is not the only NATO member state that sees such a step as potentially infringing on its national sovereignty. Spain and Slovakia have also expressed caution in the NATO council. …
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
NATO is obsolete and should be left to disappear. The Russians are not going to storm through the Fulda Gap. Putin has bigger problems to deal with
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