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...NATO's Role I totally disagree with Joseph Joffe about NATO [March 30]. It should have been disbanded when the Warsaw Pact was dissolved. NATO (or should that be the U.S.?) has started many of the recent wars, using Sept. 11 as an excuse, and dragged its allies into expensive and - as will eventually be proved - fruitless wars. Russia is neither a threat to Europe nor the rest of the world, however, bringing NATO to its borders is provocative. Would the U.S. be happy if Russia made military alliances with Canada or Mexico? I doubt it. Peter Hendricks, reliquias, portugal...
...NATO undoubtedly does look inviting to most Europeans, but allow me a little Anglo-Saxon sniffiness here. Joffe admits that Europe's two big hitters are avoiding the trickier parts of Afghanistan. It seems that NATO's reputation is being built more on British (and Dutch) sacrifice than anyone else's. And while young Britons are dying in Afghanistan, it ill behoves NATO's nonperformers to dance a victory jig. Robert F. Birkett, DRINKSTONE GREEN, ENGLAND...
...military - as well as the European and NATO officials attempting to smash the pirate networks - the shipping companies' business-as-usual approach works against military strategy. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said as much, when he appealed to companies to stop paying ransoms, during a speech at the naval war college in Newport, Rhode Island on Friday. "Clearly, if they didn't pay the ransoms, we would be in a stronger position," he said...
Sarkozy also visibly swelled with pride beside Obama as he hosted the American to a rock star's welcome to NATO's 60th anniversary event. Now, his behind-closed-doors comments not only raise questions about Sarkozy's understanding of international diplomacy but leave the French president looking like the lightweight leader he says he sees when he looks at his peers...
...assets of pirate gangs, and pressing Somali authorities to shut down pirate land bases, while also calling for a greater global response to secure the release of ships still held in the region. So far, there is little coordination between the various navies patrolling the area, which now include NATO, French, British, U.S., Chinese, South Korean, Singaporean and Russian navies. "Collaboration among countries takes time; it doesn't happen overnight. It takes time to build up the relationship, the trust," says Toong Kaleong, senior manager of operations and programs with the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery...