NATO: THE BATHTUB OF UNREADINESS

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One of the key Project of the New American Century (PNAC)1 documents is Building America’s Defenses. The thrust of the large section, Building Today’s Armed Services,2 is about the “bathtub of unreadiness.”3 The PNAC document expresses the need to build up all branches of the armed forces in order to obtain “long term political or regime change,4 global expansion and security, for which a huge extended budget is required as the “American security perimeter expands.” 5

This ‘bathtub of unreadiness’ includes NATO.

“Further, improvements should be made to existing air bases in new and potential NATO countries to allow for rapid deployments, contingency exercises, and extended initial operations in times of crisis. … Some of the cost could be covered, it is suggested, by the host nation or NATO.”6

“Until the process of transformation is treated as an enduring mission – worthy of a constant allocation of dollars and forces – it will remain stillborn.”7

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