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NATO was set ap in April 1949 in the early days of the Cold War, as a military alliance of the US and Canada with most of the West European states.
It includes all the states of capitalist Europe except Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and Spain. France withdrew from the military command structure of NATO in 1966 but in the rest of western Europe there is a huge military establishment, always headed by US top commanders.
NATO's military structure is heavily based on nuclear weapons. In 1979 it decided to base Cruise and Pershing missiles in Europe; with these installed, it will be firmly committed to using nuclear weapons first, in (YTS Framed louti The Red + the Blad Brina a siceping bag - crash arcomooation.. matable Fred. -Further details from Classfichter #Sickert Court, London NI response to a non-nuclear attack.
The purpose of NATO was t rally the major capitalist states, under US domination, into a military alliance against the USSR and Eastern Europe. The motive is not 'defence of freedom', but defence of profits.
Turkey is a member of NATO; its armed forces are parl of the NATO structure. The mili tary coup in Turkey two years ago was at the very least given the go-ahead by NATO.
When Portugal was in the midst of revolutionary upheavals, in 1975, NATO forces stood ready to intervene.
These are the reasons why Britain should withdraw from NATO.
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