NATO military bloc is doomed, He wrote in the pages of the British newspaper Daily Telegraph columnist Con Kohlin.
According Kohlina, He has lost count, How many times had predicted the end of the NATO. Especially loudly we talked about this at the beginning of the 1990s.
With the disappearance of the Soviet Union began to raise questions, from whom defends the West alliance? These questions have stopped with the beginning of the bloodshed in the Balkans, It prompting NATO to use force there. Then, within NATO began disagreements about the wisdom of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, the desire of the democratic countries of the West to maintain a united front ensured the survival of NATO.
But this desire to maintain a united front will face a severe test today, when next week the US president Donald Trump arrives at the NATO summit.
Trump has already made it clear, that he is not too good to NATO.
For President, following its slogan & quot; America First & quot;, naturally suspicious of its European allies.
Yes, Many in the previous administration in the White House with irritation looked at, that the European allies are spending too little on defense.
But now, Donald Trump and his administration is obsessed with this issue and we intend to make European countries to change its defense policy.
And if Trump will not succeed, it, as it appears, ready to completely forget about the alliance.
Trump also makes it clear, that he was much more fascinated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, than a summit with NATO allies.
For the alliance came the hard times. Trump President is fully aware that, that without US military power Europe will be difficult to ensure its defense against further acts of aggression on the part of Russia.
And then to be understood, that if NATO and survive, its cornerstone in Europe should remain the United Kingdom and its armed forces.
And if Britain would not be able to fulfill this role, then NATO will have no chance of survival, cites BBC Kona material Kohlina in Daily Telegraph.
