The need for NATO

Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine not be in NATO. NATO does not invite countries to join, but rather, a country petitions for membership. Regardless of the outcome of this situation, Putin could not have done more to convince the world of the need for NATO membership. He is a bully, attacking a country much smaller than Russia, but when it comes to intimidating a NATO member, it is no longer a matter of the big bully pushing around someone smaller.

If it were not for NATO, every smaller Eastern Europe country would have to live in fear, because he could take them one by one.

Larry E. Nazimek

Chicago