INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE

So there seems to be a split.

Alliance solidarity is not just a slogan.

Mr. Thomas S. Mahedy, Pax Christi International 1419th

(Signed) Tomas GONZALEZ, President Popular Alliance (AP)

You mean the war for the Southern Confederacy, sir.

The Alliance s strategic concept is outdated, yet it cannot even agree on when to start preparing a new one. Its forces are overstretched in Afghanistan, and its members are using it to advance their own goals.

The Alliance helps interested partners with defense reform.

In 2009, both Croatia and Albania joined the Alliance.

The second part of Sarkozy s wager concerns reforming and renewing the alliance.

Do not heed a contemptible swearer ,

Nor ever listen to any excessive oath maker , ignoble person .

And obey thou not every mean swearer ,

And obey not thou any swearer ignominous .

And obey not everyone who swears much , and is considered worthless ,

And do not obey any vile swearer .

And do not yield to any contemptible swearer ,

Neither obey thou each feeble oath monger ,

And do not obey any vile swearer ,

And do not obey every mean swearer ,

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Do not yield to one persistent in swearing ,

And yield not to any mean swearer

Do not yield to any contemptible swearer of oaths ,

Heed not the type of despicable men , ready with oaths ,

That is also why the modest efforts now being undertaken by the alliance to assist America in trying to stabilize Iraq will not stitch NATO back together again.

But the Alliance refused to hold the scheduled meeting following the Georgia crisis.

Gibraltar has transposed the relevant UN resolutions in respect of terrorism and the UN AL Qaida and Taliban Resolutions.

But by far the biggest problem that NATO faces today is Afghanistan.

That they no longer do so is deeply disturbing.

The Alliance had a maritime surveillance operation to impede the transport of weapons of mass destruction.

We also look forward to seeing NATO involved in the implementation of the Vance plan.

(e) Statement submitted by the International Cooperative Alliance, a non governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, category I (E 1993 NGO 3)

But it is not NATO s military power that Putin s Kremlin finds alarming the real threat is the alliance s potential to swallow Moldova or Ukraine at some point.

PARIS During NATO s recent 60th anniversary ceremony in Strasbourg, the Alliance welcomed two new members, Albania and Croatia, bringing its total membership to 28.

Incredibly, NATO has invited its fiercest critic, Russian President Vladimir Putin, to attend. For the first time since 2002, he will.

On the contrary, Croatia welcomes the readiness of NATO to assume the role of principal guarantor of peace and stability in this part of Europe, and will actively support its units in the implementation of the peace settlement.

To that end, all members must stand on an equal footing.

The first signal was sent when Ukraine and Georgia were denied the Membership Action Plan (MAP) that they sought.

The Alliance may be up, but its outlook remains uncertain.

The key questions are whether NATO s doctrine of common defense is currently directed at one country in particular, and whether nuclear force remains the Alliance s major defensive tool.

NATO itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.

As a result, for the sake of Europe, France must move closer to the Alliance.

Here, again, strengthening Europe requires strengthening the Alliance.

All of that shows that NATO has learned its lesson from Srebrenica 10 years ago.