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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: NATO briefing
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Date: 8 May 91 22:11:37 GMT
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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)


mdlouie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael D. Louie) writes:
>I believe NATO will become part of the European Community's defense
>force...since there will be a united continent, economically, why not
>militarily, still?  In actuality, NATO came before the EEC.   

There is such an entity -- called the CSCE, for Conference for Security and
Cooperation in Europe.  It will be NATO minus the U.S. and Canada, and will
(ideally) perform many of the same functions.  I haven't heard much of late
about it, but some Europeans feel they don't need the U.S.'s "extended
deterrence" anymore....

Time will tell if this beast ever really gets off the ground.

-shane