CHAPTER 6

NATO's Future Role Debated

1. NATO was founded in

1939

1941

1945

1949

2. NATO's original role was to

Keep the peace in Kosovo

Fight in Afghanistan

Defend Western Europe against Communism

Fight in Vietnam

3. Congressional representative Tom Lantos has proposed that NATO

Be abolished

Become a global security organization by adding Australia and Japan as members

Reduce its operations to minor police work

Become an international law enforcement organization

4. General Craddock warns that

NATO members are not equipped to expand their scope

The political will of NATO members does not match the ambition to expand the organization's scope

An expanded NATO could provoke a war

The United States military does not want to work with an expanded NATO

5. Some NATO members have caveats, which

Restrict how their troops can be used

Warn of weaknesses in the troops of members

Threaten to withdraw troops under certain circumstances

Relate to constitutional limits