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no tarv, you stated that clinton had everything to do with GWI and that NATO had nothing to do with clinton being involved.
No i didn't i meerly said before anyone brought up GM1 and
associated actions that they where a UN driven action.
you know the no fly zone and numerous UN driven embargo actions thoughout the Clinton Administration.
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my only point was that it does not matter what pres. is in charge at the time. US troops are involved in NATO actions and have been since the begining.
have all of the other NATO nations done so?
I'm not sure how to answer that because you're not really saying anything that make even the remotest sence.
Are you somehow implying that ever American military Action should be NATO? or that American forgien policy should dictate how the govenment of say France should deal with a crisis in a part of the world they have no interest?
NATO is force that protects western Europe from attack from Eastern Europe, it was not designed to have members forced into offencive actions against thier own forgien policy.
Taken from the Treaty:
They are resolved to unite their efforts for collective defence In order more effectively to achieve the objectives of this Treaty, the Parties,
separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effective
self-help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their individual and collective capacity to
resist armed attack. The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force,
to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.