Friday, 3 April 2009

A Different Universe

No, NATO does not exist to "promote universal values". It no longer exists to any good purpose whatever.

But it used to exist to defend is member-states, specifically against a threat which no longer exists. So why does NATO?

Neither Christianity nor secular liberalism is unique in claiming universality. So, for example, does Islam.

2 comments:

  1. Another puzzling question - since when was Afghanistan in the north Atlantic?

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  2. Of course, America is, which is the point.

    Except that America was not attacked from Afghanistan. America was attacked from Saudi Arabia.

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