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OP-ED: One NATO Is Not Enough, By JOSEPH NÚÑEZ, New York Times, January 27, 2007
A good example why Bush is not living up to his preferred historical comparison to Harry Truman: his Long War leaves behind no international institutions.
Thanks to Michal Shapiro for sending this.
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Comments (4)
What and subvert the powers of the UN security council?
It's an intersting proposition but I think you'd find some difficulty in South America. Who would the members be? Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia? Maybe Brazil? What of Chile and Colombia?
A more realistic goal (IMO) would be to extend the current NATO membership (and reform the NATO protocol) to choice states in each region.
Posted by Jay@Soob | January 29, 2007 7:30 PM
In addition, such a formulation would lead to plural committments and even potentially conflicting ones.
The media likes to tell the world that the military is stretched too thin now.
Posted by RTO Trainer | January 30, 2007 3:28 AM
This article reminds me of a line from PNM that said that unless it looked like the US could handle the entire situation itself, other countries would not be interested in sending any personnel.
This article does echo Tom's call for a "sysadmin" force that "does windows" too.
Posted by Mike Frager | January 30, 2007 8:23 AM
Who was his linchpin for the middle east - SW Asia? He did us the favor of picking locations for his regional organizations but didn't give us his nominations for regional dominance in them.
The HQ would be in Amman, Jordan. What happens when the crap hits the fan in Lebanon or Isreal? They send in a multinational brigade of Arab/Persian SysAdmin troops?
Posted by Thomas Pamelia | January 30, 2007 1:31 PM