What did British officers think of the American civil war as it was happening?

Re:What did British officers think of the American civil war... by LAC-Tech on Friday May 20, 2022 @08:03PM (#31454045)

You also seem unfamiliar with the purpose of NATO. Wikipedia:

> NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. It was established during the Cold War in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union.

That is the stated purpose of NATO. The details of its real life military actions do not square with what you quoted at all - unless you can tell me which NATO member state Libya attacked.

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Re:What did British officers think of the American civil war... by mlindner on Friday May 20, 2022 @08:32PM (#31454201)

The Libyan conflict was several countries working together and stuck a NATO label on it. Most of NATO was not actually involved. It also included some countries outside of NATO, like Sweden.

You can blame it on France misusing the NATO moniker rather than it just being a coalition.

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