"Peace, Not NATO": As Biden Hosts Leaders in D.C., German MP Decries NATO's 75 Years of War & Hypocrisy
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6P40N)
President Biden is hosting heads of government from NATO member nations for a three-day summit in Washington, D.C., to mark the 75th anniversary of the expanding nuclear-armed military alliance as leaders pledge to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia's invasion. We get response from German lawmaker Sevim Dadelen, who is in D.C. to protest the summit and is the author of the new book NATO: A Reckoning with the Atlantic Alliance. She lays out how NATO is based on a series of myths about its purpose, respecting democracy and upholding human rights - as exemplified by member states' staunch support for Israel's war on Gaza. You have rising contradictions and crisis within the European Union and the NATO states," Dadelen says.