
Its come to this—military commanders in Afghanistan must consult an operations checklist before virtually every mission. They must be sure the NATO forces being sent out are properly fitted to the mission. Some NATO member countries don’t want their soldiers in a shooting zone, others won’t let military intelligence be shared between all NATO countries, and so on. A bit different from General Eisenhower leading his superb integrated fighting machine up the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
If NATO can no longer deploy an integrated fighting force, for what can the venerable Alliance be used in the future? It is a serious threat to NATO’s existence as a military alliance.
I continue my conversation with
Mark Mardell, North American editor of the
BBC to flesh out my thoughts.
Listen to MP3 Podcast:
Like this:
Like Loading...
Related
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Afghanistan, Germany, Mark Mardell, NATO, NATO crossroad, Nato Strategic Concept, Sarwar Kashmeri |
Leave a Reply