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To: carranza2 who wrote (72801)	2/10/2003 11:28:05 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"Who will attack Western Europe in the foreseeable future such that our military might is required to defend it?" C2, If they(france and germany) play their cards right they will be attacked by an energized Islamic movement not to far down the road. Hell they alienate Turkey by first rejecting EU membership and now protection. They enable saddam. They throw away the transatlantic alliance. They demonize bush and the USA. Do they work for Saddam and bin Laden or just do it to appease one and escape the rath of the other? mike

To: carranza2 who wrote (72801)	2/12/2003 1:57:59 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

Not to mention the military usefulness of NATO as a war fighting tool is extremely limited. Kosovo showed that "War by Committee" is completely unworkable. NATO functioned because the scenarios were limited, and the member militaries and institutions were trained until the reaction to the set-piece scenarios were nearly automatic, effectively subsuming the national interest. When confronted by a situation like Kosovo, where deliberations and political calculations interfered, the weakness of such a large and diverse coalition showed through. Derek