From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: dxmm{at}albury.nospam.net.au
Subject: Re: Show of hands

MITO MINISTER wrote:
> On Jun 4, 11:14 pm, "Danie...{at}teranews.com"
>  wrote:
>> MITO MINISTER wrote:
>>> On Jun 3, 6:43 am, YourN...{at}YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:
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>>>>> Notice that most members are in Europe or North
America, the two continents
>>>>> with the North Atlantic Ocean in between them.
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>>>> That's what NATO stands for: North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation.  :-)
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>>>> Since Russia isn't on the North Atlantic ocean, there's no
reason it would
>>>> be really included in anything but a courtesy way.
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>>>>> The US is or was involved in several other treaties:
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>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_alliances_involving_t...
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>>>> Another one is ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United
States), which is
>>>> somewhat still intact, although New Zealand won't allow
any ships with
>>>> nuclear power or weapons into it's waters.
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>>> Membership in NATO is not about geography but power politics. See:
>>> Turkey, Greece, the Baltic states, the Romulan Neutral Zone, etc..
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>> I wouldn't put any of these in the "Political
Powerhouses" list! Of NATO
>> or otherwise!
>>
>> Daniel
>
> "Power politics" does not mean political powerhouse. Are you a little
> boy?

No, Mito!! So, what does "Power politics" mean then, Mito??

Daniel

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