With the Soviet Union dead and gone, NATO fulfilled its mission a little after turning 40. But rather than phasing out and riding off into the sunset it had a midlife crisis, and continued to not only exist but expand and bomb.
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With the Soviet Union dead and gone, NATO fulfilled its mission a little after turning 40. But rather than phasing out and riding off into the sunset it had a midlife crisis, and continued to not only exist but expand and bomb.