Thursday, July 21, 2016

The democracy requirements of NATO

From a reader: "During the metapolitefsi coup in Greece the constitutional officers of the HNS Velos mutinied and sailed to Italy to claim asylum. They quoted North Atlantic Treaty preamble which says: "all governments ...are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law".