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To: Randy Ellingson who wrote (153146)	2/18/2003 4:22:57 AM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 164684

>> My impression is that NATO now serves the purpose of sharing responsibility for national security among allies who wish to belong to an increasingly intertwined world << i can understand NATO's original purpose, but how was that purpose served when NATO bombed kosovo for 78 straight days? kosovo was not threatening any NATO member. it just proves that NATO is a tool of the western imperialists, to be used whenever or however we please. if we are going to disregard the original purpose of a defensive alliance, and we are going to attack countries like iraq regardless of whether or not we gain UN security council approval, we are essentially saying we will do whatever we want no matter what anyone thinks. if that is the case, we ought to drop the facade and stop acting like hypocrites, using the UN when it suits us, and ignoring it when it doesn't.