The Dissolution of NATO

They think NATO is falling apart.

They're wrong.

The dissolution of NATO is an illusion that has fulfilled its purpose.

An alliance survives with a common enemy.

When the enemy is gone, allies begin to look at each other.

The longer the gaze lasts, the more intentions are read.

When intentions are read, weapons are first silently laid on the table.

When the Cold War ended, NATO should have ended too.

But the West doesn't like to bury the dead immediately.

They keep them on display for a while.

Funding, statements, summits…

All to suppress the same question:

"Who are we against now?"

There was no answer.

So the answer was invented.

They called it terrorism.

Then disorder.

Then the export of democracy.

Then "threat perception."

But if the threat is merely a perception,

those who manage the perception will eventually lose sight of the truth.

Today, NATO's problem is not Russia.

Not China.

Not the Middle East at all.

Today, NATO's problem is its members.

People sitting at the same table looking at different maps

cannot build an army.

They can only hold meetings.

America no longer wants to carry the burden.

Europe, on the other hand, lacks the will to carry weapons.

One seeks brute force, the other seeks conscience.

But war dislikes both.

As for Turkey…

When did they call us?

When needed.

When did they forget us?

When decisions were being made.

An alliance is one that stands by you in your time of need.

Not one that you leave out when difficult decisions are being made.

Know this:

When NATO collapses, the building doesn't make noise.

There is silence.

Meetings decrease.

Sentences lengthen, decisions shorten.

And one day you realize that

no one is protecting anyone anymore.

Everyone is trying to save themselves.

That day…

A new order begins.

But not with the old mindset.