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{{Infobox settlement|image_map=North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization_(orthographic_projection)_in_NATO_blue.svg.webp|conventional_long_name=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|official_languages=English<br>French|native_name=Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord|capital_type=Headquarters|capital=Brussels, [[Belgium]]|established_event1=Formation|established_date1=4 April 1949|image_flag=Flag of NATO.png|image_coat=NATO logo.svg|coa_size=150|map_width=320px}} | {{Infobox settlement|image_map=North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization_(orthographic_projection)_in_NATO_blue.svg.webp|conventional_long_name=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|official_languages=English<br>French|native_name=Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord|capital_type=Headquarters|capital=Brussels, [[Belgium]]|established_event1=Formation|established_date1=4 April 1949|image_flag=Flag of NATO.png|image_coat=NATO logo.svg|coa_size=150|map_width=320px}} | ||
The '''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''', more often called '''NATO''', is the largest terrorist organization in the world | The '''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''', more often called '''NATO''', is the largest terrorist organization in the world.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Communist Party of Turkey]]|title=NATO ile mücadele ertelenemez|date=2023-07-11|url=https://www.tkp.org.tr/aciklamalar/nato-ile-mucadele-ertelenemez/|retrieved=2023-07-18|quote=Dünyanın en büyük terör örgütü NATO’nun bir ülkeyi daha içine alarak genişlemesi artık an meselesi. (English: It is only a matter of time before NATO, the world's largest terrorist organization, expands by incorporating another country.)}}</ref> It began as an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] international military treaty created in the [[imperial core]] following the [[Second World War]]<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=NATO is a tool of US imperialism that has backed Nazis for decades|date=2022-06-14|url=https://youtu.be/Maqkl4fEQfs}}</ref> and includes most [[Imperialism|imperialist]] states in [[Europe]] and [[North America]].<ref name=":3">{{Web citation|author=John Catalinotto|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=A short history of NATO|date=2018-07-16|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/07/38222/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626141139/https://www.workers.org/2018/07/38222/|archive-date=2022-06-26|retrieved=2022-12-23}}</ref> | ||
Its original aim was to defend [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois republics]] against a possible [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] | Its original aim was to defend [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois republics]] against a possible [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] liberation of [[Europe]]. When this did not occur, NATO moved to funding anti-communist (more often [[Fascism|fascist]]) acts in Europe and abroad. In 1955, the Soviet Union formed the [[Warsaw Pact]] to protect itself and its allies from NATO.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Sara Flounders|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=NATO’s global history of reaction|date=2022-04-04|url=https://www.workers.org/2022/04/63075/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822120013/https://www.workers.org/2022/04/63075/|archive-date=2022-08-22|retrieved=2022-09-04}}</ref> | ||
NATO has started wars in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]], and [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]], causing about a million deaths and creating 38 million refugees.<ref name=":1" /> Its commanders are always appointed by the [[President of the United States|U.S. president]], and it is an arm of [[United States imperialism|U.S. imperialism]].<ref name=":3" /> In the event of a war, the U.S. commander has the power to suspend civilian laws and enact a dictatorship over most of Europe.<ref>{{Citation|author=Stephen Gowans|year=2018|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom|chapter=Imperialism|page=49|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=Montreal|publisher=Baraka Books|isbn=9781771861427|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> | NATO has started wars in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]], and [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]], causing about a million deaths and creating 38 million refugees.<ref name=":1" /> Its commanders are always appointed by the [[President of the United States|U.S. president]], and it is an arm of [[United States imperialism|U.S. imperialism]].<ref name=":3" /> In the event of a war, the U.S. commander has the power to suspend civilian laws and enact a dictatorship over most of Europe.<ref>{{Citation|author=Stephen Gowans|year=2018|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom|chapter=Imperialism|page=49|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=Montreal|publisher=Baraka Books|isbn=9781771861427|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> | ||