On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Max Sawicky wrote:
> I fail to see any victory in the decay of NATO. Its main mission -- contra
> the USSR and Warsaw Pact -- was accomplished in spades. The French didn't
> need NATO to quell the '68 upsurge; all they did was ring up West Germany.
I'm sorry, I missed this. What did West Germany have to do with student uprisings, workers' strikes and DeGaulle's lost plebicite in France? I ask out of total ignorance and not as someone with an ax to grind.
Michael
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