Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/president-biden-i-am-running%E2%80%A6no-one%E2%80%99s-pushing-me-out-i%E2%80%99m-not-leaving.918393/page-149?post=125911191#post-125911191

NATO is a vestigial instrument of the Cold War that exists to dump slush money. It's goal was to keep Europe locked into nationalist and capitalist governments Post WWII and to intimidate the Soviet Union in the battle for multinational corporations to conquer the resources and workers of the world.

Most people in the United States don't care as much about foreign policy. NATO is an interest of the elite. It's global capitalism's police force and the structure to enforce American hegemonic rule. There are some ancillary benefits to domination for the home country, but these are not as tangible as what NATO means to the folks in Washington who make money off its institutional footprint.

It's benefits are not as easily seen in the same way as the death and destruction caused by this organization of the world are obscured. It's why something like NATO is so important to people like Joe Biden and politicians, but really fuzzy to normal citizens.

Edit: I would also add that global stability produced by structures like NATO are questionable in the current streak of American-led adventures in the Middle East and the meddling the United States pushes NATO into across Europe. Is NATO really providing a stable global framework when we see what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine?