Protesters march against Nato summit

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17. Senator Monahan would disagree with you on that

NATO was to control the streets of Paris not stop any Soviet invasion. That is a paraphase of a comment made while he was a Senator, but reflected the situation when NATO was formed.

The communist parties of France and Italy were the largest parties NOT tied in with the NAZIs. The US had to spend a lot of money to prevent them from being voted into office. NATO was to give cover for support to non communist parties; by providing an area where communists could be kept out, but also a way to give support for non communist politician in political races with communists.

Sorry Soviet invasion of western Europe would only occur if the political situation in Western Europe called for it; and such a situation never occurred. Sorry NATO never had to fight the Soviet Red Army for the simple reason Soviet doctrine such an attack would only occur during a time period of suppression of the working class. No suppression no attack. We knew that from day one thus the US support for NATO had little to do with the Soviet Union but the streets of Paris.