Originally Posted by
DogTailRed2
Fair play although in the case of genocide perhaps it's justifiable. I'll remove my post however I still see NATO as primarily defensive.
Don't be so quick to give in, this 1999 NATO operation was essentially defensive, humanitarian, and within the originally conceived NATO operating area. The destabilising effects of the Serbian etc actions very much gave it a defensive character. Ditto for all the follow-on missions to this date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_b..._of_Yugoslavia
Having said that, this 1999 history ought not to be a cornerstone of the technical 'kinetic' aspects of Iran-USA/Israel in 2026 which is where this 'thread' has it's centre of gravity.