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Let’s Get Naughty about NATO

The glorious leaders and the elite minions that lead us, from Left, Right, and in-between, are barely competent. 

Christopher Chantrill | April 6, 2026

Everybody is talking about NATO this week, so I will too. But I warn my liberal readers: you won’t like it.

Let me be clear. All my life I have dutifully followed the narrative on NATO. Until I read a couple of books. The first is Never Again: Britain 1945-1951 by Peter Hennessy, about how the Labour Party government’s socialist “Planning” agenda totally failed. The other book is Henry Kissinger’s Diplomacy, about how the “balance of power” is best. The two books powered a couple of my blog posts, and a NATO timeline:

On February 22, 1946, George Kennan sent his Long Telegram from Moscow “advising that the U.S. abandon cooperation for a policy of firm, long-term containment” of the Soviet Union.

On June 20, 1948, the West Germans replaced the inflationary Reichsmark with the Deutschmark and began their Wirtschaftwunder.

On June 24, 1948, the Soviets began their Berlin Blockade.

On June 28, 1948, the western allies began the Berlin Airlift.

On July 2, 1948, seven-power negotiations began for NATO.

On November 2, 1948, Harry Truman won reelection as President of the United States.

On January 20, 1949, at his inauguration, President Truman announced........

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