NATO's existence detrimental to world peace

The United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Julianne Smith, has accused Russia and China of employing a set of strategies to weaken the alliance. She said that there is no doubt that Russia and China are trying to split the alliance partners.

She should be reminded of the role NATO has played in the past couple of decades. She should also be told to compare what China has done for world peace and development and what NATO has done to disrupt both.

With the disbanding of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, there was actually no need for the continued existence of NATO. The role it has continued to play has proved to be detrimental to world peace and development. Had it not been for its military intervention, the bloodshed in Bosnia in the early 1990s would have been avoided. Many innocent civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in which NATO got heavily involved.