The 108th Congress
should at least:
- refuse to appropriate funds for any
"out-of-area" NATO military missions;
- pass a joint resolution opposing
any further expansion of the alliance beyond the admission of
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic approved by the Senate
in 1998;
- pass a joint resolution endorsing
the new European Security and Defense Policy;
- pass legislation requiring the
withdrawal of all U.S. forces stationed in Europe by 2005; and
- conduct a comprehensive debate
about whether continued U.S. membership in NATO serves
American interests—especially in light of the alliance’s
change of focus from territorial defense to murky peacekeeping
and humanitarian intervention missions.
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