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''The New York Times'' misunderstood NATO's history and purpose as illustrated by its headline gaffe on April 3, 2026: "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?"<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-york-times-did-032640330.html</ref> The ''NYT'' headline should have referred to NATO as the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization," without being snarky, and the ''NYT'' subsequently published a correction.
''The New York Times'' misunderstood NATO's history and purpose as illustrated by its headline gaffe on April 3, 2026: "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?"<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-york-times-did-032640330.html</ref> The ''NYT'' headline should have referred to NATO as the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization," without being snarky, and the ''NYT'' subsequently published a correction.
[[File:Azov Nazis.PNG|right|400px|thumb|NATO-backed neo-Nazis in the [[Donbas war]]. NATO flag (''left''), Azov insignia (''center''), [[Swastika]] flag (''right'').<ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3848518841859137</ref>]]
Like all military alliances, NATO was built to protect an economic alliance or trading bloc - in this case what came to be known as the post-1945 [[EU|European Free Trade Zone]], and later on [[NAFTA]]. Largely a [[bureaucracy]], there is no [[democracy|democratically]]-elected [[parliament]] to oversee NATO's [[weapon]]'s and [[money laundering]] schemes. In the post-[[Cold War]] period is it has been referred to as "a jobs program for white guys."
Like all military alliances, NATO was built to protect an economic alliance or trading bloc - in this case what came to be known as the post-1945 [[EU|European Free Trade Zone]], and later on [[NAFTA]]. Largely a [[bureaucracy]], there is no [[democracy|democratically]]-elected [[parliament]] to oversee NATO's [[weapon]]'s and [[money laundering]] schemes. In the post-[[Cold War]] period is it has been referred to as "a jobs program for white guys."
NATO has bloated to 32 member countries as of 2024, more than 30 years after the Soviet Union dissolved. Despite calling itself a "defensive alliance", NATO has never fought a defensive war. NATO has engaged in [[wars of aggression]], violating the territorial integrity, attacking and invading multiple [[sovereign]] states.
NATO has bloated to 32 member countries as of 2024, more than 30 years after the Soviet Union dissolved. Despite calling itself a "defensive alliance", NATO has never fought a defensive war. NATO has engaged in [[wars of aggression]], violating the territorial integrity, attacking and invading multiple [[sovereign]] states.
Since 1991 NATO has become a promoter of [[globalism]],<ref>Multiple references:
Since 1991 NATO has become a promoter of [[globalism]],<ref>Multiple references:
*McManus, John F. (November 22, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/27443-the-truth-about-nato The Truth About NATO]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
*McManus, John F. (November 22, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/27443-the-truth-about-nato The Truth About NATO]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.