Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • Debbie Young
  • Jimmy Buffett
  • Key West
  • Your Survival Guy
  • How We Are Different
  • Paris
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • The Great Reset
  • The Swiss Way
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • Dick Young
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool
  • Anti-Gun Control
  • Anti-Digital Currency
  • Joel Salatin and Alfie Oakes
  • World Gold Mine Production
  • Fidelity and Vanguard Since 1971

NATO Was Created to Promote Security, Not Extend Charity

May 31, 2022 By Richard C. Young

NATO Summit, June 14, 2021. Courtesy of the Republic of Macedonia.

In The American Conservative, Doug Bandow reminds readers that “NATO was created to promote security, not extend charity.” He writes (abridged):

Both Finland and Sweden are applying to join NATO. The Blob, as the foreign policy establishment has come to be known, is ecstatic. It cannot conceive of saying no to any alliance applicant, no matter how insignificant or irrelevant.

Once upon a time, serious nations defended themselves, rather than begging faraway great powers to do the job for them. And no serious great power would do so unless it believed the other state to be essential for its own security. As Great Britain’s Lord Palmerston remarked, countries had no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

Instead of waving more applicants through NATO’s door, Washington should end expansion. Nothing in the alliance or its founding documents requires the organization to accept applications, let alone grant them. To the contrary, Article 10 provides: “The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area to accede to this Treaty.” The transatlantic alliance is supposed to take the initiative and act for the benefit of existing members. That is, NATO was created to promote security, not extend charity. Instead of expanding the antiquated U.S. defense dole, the European security system should be reconstructed and placed in European hands.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should remind Washington policymakers that alliances are serious commitments, which in the past have expanded as much as diminished conflict. Equally important, the U.S. should go to war only when forced to do so, to defend itself. That was not the case with Kiev, which is why America neither forced Ukraine’s inclusion in NATO nor joined in Ukraine’s defense against Russia. If the U.S. wants to remain a superpower and able to care for its own citizens, it must learn to say no.

Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

This article appeared in The American Conservative on May 19, 2022.

Read more here.

If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for my free weekly email.

Related Posts

  • NATO Terminal?
  • Turkey and NATO Article 8
  • NATO Gets an Earful of Pure Trump
  • VIDEO: Home Security
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Richard C. Young
Richard C. Young
Richard C. Young is the editor of Young's World Money Forecast, and a contributing editor to both Richardcyoung.com and Youngresearch.com.
Richard C. Young
Latest posts by Richard C. Young (see all)
  • Florida Business Owner, Alfie Oakes, Refuses to Comply with Biden Vaccine Mandate - December 8, 2023
  • KEY WEST: The Docks Restaurant + Raw Bar - December 8, 2023
  • Heart & Soil Supplements Welcomes You - December 7, 2023

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • How Can You Maximize Natural Immunity to Viruses?
  • DONBAS: Russian Tanks Face Gauntlet of Death from Javelin Wielding Ukrainians
  • Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #8 “Safety”
  • To Me There Isn’t a Better Way to Live
  • The Four Most Important Words in Investing
  • Why Some Kids Won’t Go Back to School, Ever
  • Democracy & Diversity: Not In the Constitution
  • Joel Salatin Can Help Americans Beat Food Inflation
  • Your Best State on Guns, Plus the 8th Wonder of the World
  • Government Should Be Small, Laws Unobtrusive, and Men Left Alone

Our Most Popular Posts

  • Too Late to Reform?
  • MAJOR ENDORSEMENT: Tucker Carlson Endorses Donald Trump
  • Who Can’t Afford to Live in NYC
  • Don't Make Moves You Might Regret
  • Your Key to Retirement Wealth
  • Can China Save Itself from a Debt Collapse?
  • Private Jets Stranded in Munich
  • What If the Warmongers Weren’t in Charge?
  • Mob Rule vs Deterrence
  • Stop America's Zombie Apocalypse before It Starts

Compensation was paid to utilize rankings. Click here to read full disclosure.

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • Wellesley Fund: “Balanced Investing Is Dead” (Please Stop)
  • Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #2 Coach
  • Digital Dollars: A Warning Where You’re the Prey
  • Panama Canal Traffic Jam Could Soon Affect Global Energy Markets
  • Signs the Job Market Is Weakening
  • Don’t Make Moves You Might Regret
  • Ruling: Major Egg Producers Conspired to Drive Up Prices
  • Can China Save Itself from a Debt Collapse?
  • Companies Scoop up Truck Terminals at Yellow’s Bankruptcy Auction
  • Your Key to Retirement Wealth

RSS Yoursurvivalguy.com

  • Wellesley Fund: “Balanced Investing Is Dead” (Please Stop)
  • Do You Have a Plan to Protect Your Personal Data?
  • DIRTY JOBS: America Needs Mining Engineers
  • Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #2 Coach
  • Have All of New Jersey’s Workers Already Moved to Florida?
  • Georgia Accelerates Implementation of Its Flat Tax Plan
  • Digital Dollars: A Warning Where You’re the Prey
  • You Can See Where Big Government Is Headed
  • You Can’t Escape a Digital Dollar
  • Don’t Make Moves You Might Regret

US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool

Five Year Treasury Yield

“The Economy Is Buried Under Trillions in Debt”

Lack of Demand for EVs

Wellesley Fund: “Balanced Investing Is Dead” (Please Stop)

Biden Border Crisis Is a National Security Threat

Copyright © 2023 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives