NATO was created to defend the west against the Soviet Union. According to John Feffer, of Foreign Policy in Focus, the west missed a rare “golden opportunity” in 1991 to shift away from wasteful militarism in search of a new monster to fight. He says “This Cold War dinosaur really ought to be put to rest.” And pundits seeking something to call a Trump Doctrine may find only what Feffer calls the Flight 93 Doctrine: mass suicide aimed at destroying all things Obama. What else does it destroy?

 

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