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How Nato promotes its nuclear agenda
The supposed ‘defensive alliance’ is anything but – as RAE STREET reminds us
Nato's logo seen at its 70th anniversary summit last year

NATO was once described as the “military arm of the US empire” — and one might add “nuclear empire.”  

As we remember the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 1945, the horrendous suffering which was brought about on that day to the people of Japan and later on August 9, Nagasaki Day, it is worth thinking about Nato’s policies and in particular its nuclear policies. 

Since the end of totalitarian communism, unlike the Warsaw Pact which was disbanded, Nato has been expanding. It now has 30 member states.

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