Hashasheen
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Basically what is says in the title. Dissolve them by no later than one year after the USSR falls.
I know. I'm trying to see if there's any plausible way it could dissolve.There was talk of doing it after the fall of the USSR, it was created as a USSR defence afterall. e.
I know. I'm trying to see if there's any plausible way it could dissolve.
Hm... some vague ideas here: I'm thinking more regional military co-operation partially supplementing NATO's role- primarily a 'European Defence Community' or a similar organization, I guess.
As long as the USSR and the Warsaw Pact was around, trans-Atlantic co-operation would still be seen as necessary by both sides, I'd think, just less so than OTL (since Europe would take a larger piece of the burden- which might lead to a less integrated NATO, presumably), but when the USSR falls and the Warsaw Pact disintegrates, the USA might be more inclined to think that they don't need to help with Europe's defence anymore, and Europe would be more inclined to think that the EDC will be perfectly able to handle any issues that come up on their own now, without American 'meddling', and if NATO is less integrated, then dissolving would be easier in practical terms than in OTL.
And they still would, just not quite as much as in OTL- NATO would still exist, etc. Europe thinking the USA can stop meddling occurs after the USSR falls, remember? To put it another way, dissolving NATO was suggested in OTL, and here there would be less commitments for NATO in Europe and an already existing organization covering much of the remaining need for NATO- in Europe, at least. Couple it with a more isolationist USA, perhaps, and we would have a USA that would be more keen on withdrawing and a Europe that would be more willing to accept it...You need a POD a lot earlier for that. At the end and after WW2 America invested alot in Europe, so they still need to poke their nose in European affairs.
Per thread title, yes. Per the OP's text, no.Well a successful Soviet invasion of Western Europe would do the trick.![]()
Per thread title, yes. Per the OP's text, no.![]()
Well, it saysHe just said no later than one year after the Soviet Union's fall for the POD. Yes, I know, I'm being a smartass.![]()
, but it doesn't say the POD have to be then (rather the reverse, one would say).Dissolve them by no later than one year after the USSR falls