{"id":9540,"date":"2014-03-23T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T23:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=9540"},"modified":"2014-03-23T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T23:36:17","slug":"george-f-kennans-prediction-on-nato-expansion-was-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/23\/george-f-kennans-prediction-on-nato-expansion-was-right\/","title":{"rendered":"George F. Kennan&#8217;s Prediction On NATO Expansion Was Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting argument against further expansion of NATO on <a href='http:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/'>Moon of Alabama<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>George Kennan was the U.S. diplomat and Russia specialist who developed the cold war strategy of containment of the Soviet Union, though he later criticized its militaristic implementation. In 1998, when the Senate voted to extend NATO to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Kennan was asked to comment. He responded:<\/p>\n<p>    &#8220;I think it is the beginning of a new cold war,&#8221; said Mr. Kennan from his Princeton home. &#8220;I think the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and it will affect their policies. I think it is a tragic mistake. There was no reason for this whatsoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;..&#8221;It shows so little understanding of Russian history and Soviet history. Of course there is going to be a bad reaction from Russia, and then [the NATO expanders] will say that we always told you that is how the Russians are &#8212; but this is just wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read a full report of the 1998 interview with George Kennan at <a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1998\/05\/02\/opinion\/foreign-affairs-now-a-word-from-x.html'>NY Times: Foreign Affairs | Thomas L Friedman<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting argument against further expansion of NATO on Moon of Alabama: George Kennan was the U.S. diplomat and Russia specialist who developed the cold war strategy of containment of the Soviet Union, though he later criticized its militaristic implementation. 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