NATO lists its current operations as
1. Afghanistan
2. Horn of Africa
3. Iraq
4. Kosovo
5. Mediterranean
6. supporting African Union in Somalia
[source : NATO operations and missions, http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_52060.htm]
To which we can now add Libya, ie North Africa.
In other words, NATO is a long way from home, on mission creep.
How long will it be before NATO is in South Africa or Indonesia or Peru or New Zealand?
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