Nato now provides the US with a captive market for its weaponry, writes Anthony Matthew, while Rae Street* highlights its nuclear ambitions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/president-macron-is-right-its-time-nato-came-to-an-end

*Rae Street is part of the no to NATO network and attended the international Counter summit the New World Disorder held in London last Saturday.

Here is her letter published in the UK Guardian on Thursday, 5th December (see link above).

54 Spring Thyme Fold, Littleborough, Lancs OL15 8DJ  tel 01706 378043

Dear Editor,

Under the heading 'What is NATO?' (G4.12.19)a few facts were missed 
out.  NATO is a nuclear armed military alliance which has now expanded 
across the world to Asia and Australasia, even as far as making an 
agreement with Colombia which is in a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.  
(Tlatelolco Treaty 1967) Despite differences between member states, its 
policies continue to be dominated by the USA. Under its policy of 
nuclear sharing, which breaches the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty, 
there are US nuclear bombs, the B61s, at bases in five 'non-nuclear' 
countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.  The 
latter are based at Incirlik not far from the border with Syria.  At the 
same time, Erdogan is saying he would like Turkey to have its own 
nuclear capability. Currently, the US is planning to upgrade the B61 to 
a B61-12 which will be more accurate and earth penetrating.  Already the 
B61 could have up to 340 tons of killing power; the bomb Hiroshima was 
15 killing tons.  NATO still holds a policy of first use of nuclear 
weapons, slavishly followed by the UK.  Next year NATO will be carrying 
out huge military exercises, entitled 'Defender' across eastern Europe, 
and these will continue year on year.  None of the above is likely to 
bring peace and security either for citizens in the member states nor 
across the globe.

Yours sincerely,

Rae Street