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NATO WAS CREATED TO STOP THE UKRAINE CRISIS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 to stop Russian aggression. Based on the recent invasion of peaceful Ukraine, it looks like NATO failed.
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by Bolling Smith
hen generation X looks at history, we wonder how the world let certain things happen. How did the world let Adolf Hitler exist? How did the world let Martin Luther King, President John F. Kennedy and Malcolm X get assassinated? How did the world let genocide happen in Africa? As the world witnesses the horrible invasion of Ukraine, we now understand how something like those other blemishes on
humanity can happen. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 to stop this very thing from happening. Created by the United States and Britain to stop Russia from trying to take over Europe, the thirty country members of the organization have done little to nothing to stop this senseless invasion. The proposed sanctions against Russia will have little to no effect on the countless deaths and property destruction that is currently taking place in Ukraine.
For months, the world watched at Russia built up its military along the border of Ukraine. If NATO, which has its own military, were serious it would have sent troops to the area to respond to the threat. To make a tough situation worse, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine started over Ukraine’s desire to become a member of NATO. Russia feels like Ukraine joining NATO is a threat, so it decided to attack Ukraine in response. CODE M / MARCH 2022 15
