Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay was NATO’s first Secretary General, a position he was initially reluctant to accept. By the end of his tenure however, Ismay had become the biggest advocate for the organisation he famously said was created to “keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
keeping russia in europe and america out of europe has been a soviet/russian/putin goal since
NATO's formation. it is why putin/trump are doing everything possible to destroy it.
https://www.nato.int/cps/us/natohq/declassified_137930.htm
keeping russia in europe and america out of europe has been a soviet/russian/putin goal since
NATO's formation. it is why putin/trump are doing everything possible to destroy it.
https://www.nato.int/cps/us/natohq/declassified_137930.htm