Name:   wix - Subject:   A-idiot Date:   7/26/2016 9:35:38 PM

OK! Let's go through this very simply.  No, none of the "then" Soviet bloc countries were in NATO.  But, NATO had troops lined up along the German border to protect the NATO Alliance countries from a possible Soviet invasion....I was one of those troops, and I was in a position to know what was going on.  My point is......read closely now......Russia ++ invaded a country with 250,000 troops, armor, and aircraft about 80 miles from our location and NATO authorities DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT OR GET ANY ADVANCE WARNING.....they heard about it the next morning along with us peons.  DO YOU UNDERSTAND??  Russia could have invaded our position just as easily as they did Czech....My point is, NATO was useless then and it still is.  The US policy has made NATO countries as dependent on the USA as dimokrap welfare slugs are....same relationship.....GOT IT.  Sorry I caused you to have seizures and go into a liberal panic mode.