[Lower Deck]

I suspect that's something else we have to thank the striped pants brigade for because, IIRC, the Joint Chiefs were opposed.

I know of nothing that supports the idea that the Joint Chiefs opposed the expansion of NATO in February 1952. Admitting Greece and Turkey strengthened Europe's southern flank.

[Reily]

In 1952 it was a good idea. Now not so much. Anyway NATO in its present form is obsolete.