Thursday, July 9, 2009

Nato Starts Soul-Searching Process

From EU Observer:

EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS – Nato on Tuesday (7 July) launched a public consultation process aimed at clarifying the alliance's role in fighting the new range of threats that have emerged in recent years.

The current strategic concept dating back to 1999 "clearly belongs to the last century," although the ground principle of collective defence still remains valid, outgoing Nato secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in his opening remarks.

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My Comment: Yup .... the mandate that NATO has been following for the past few years is definitely out of date. A new mission statement is required.

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