North Atlantic tyranny and oppression

Member states begin to question warmongering overlord

- by SERENA WYLDE

THE North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, in 1949 by twelve founder members: UK, U.S., Canada, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Portugal.

During the Cold War years, four further countries joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO): Greece, Turkey, West Germany and Spain.

But by 1990-91, when the Soviet Union was being dismantled, the Warsaw Pact dissolved, East Germany reunified with West Germany, and nuclear disarmament was in discussion, some argue that NATO should also have been dissolved.

America, however, saw the end of the Soviet Union as its opportunity to achieve 'global full-spectrum dominance', using NATO as the tool. Since World War Two, it had become a military economy in constant preparation for war. It now has in excess of 200,000 troops in 177 countries, with the bulk of active duty personnel located at 800 major overseas military bases in 70 countries, the UK included.

Former FT journalist, Matt Kennard, in his book, The Racket, describes the role of a CIA sidekick called the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the purpose of which is to undermine or remove governments that remained independent of Washington, DC.

He explains that NED operates in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, and has also operated in the UK since approximately 2015, when anti-imperialist, Jeremy Corbyn, was elected leader of the Labour Party. Kennard found that the organisation has funded three British media outlets and four UK press freedom groups to ensure that the progressive end of the political spectrum aligns with U.S. foreign policy objectives.