late that none of their other international commitments conflict with theNorth Atlantic treaty and that any commitments they make in the future wont conflict with thetreaty as well. Under article nine a council is created in which each member is represented. Article ten provides for any other European country to join the alliance if they will uphold theprinciples outlined in the treaty. Article eleven describes the process in which ratification are tooccur and how the treaty is to enter into force. Articles twelve and thirteen deals with thepossibility of revision of the treaty after ten years and that any member can leave after twentyyears. The treaty has never been revised and France is the only country to leave the alliance. Lastly, article fourteen gives equal authority to both the English and French versions or texts ofthe treaty and states that they are to be safely deposited in Washington DC.Now the creation of this alliance was not all perfect as one would think. There was a lotof debate about this alliance in Congress. Most of the negative response was directly related tothe fact that for most of our history, the United States had what people call an isolationistforeign policy. This means that the United States had gotten so used to just letting foreigncountries deal with their own problems and we had enough of our own so most leaders of thiscountry thought we should just deal with our own problems. Even George Washington, in hisfarewell speech, thought that America needed to deal with its own problems and only its ownproblems. So you can see that the United Nations charter and the North Atlantic Treaty were anew from of foreign policy for the United States. The United States was to embark on a new wayto look at foreign policy and it would be a change that would last. Now the ratification passed bya majority but the minority who voted against it wetre prominent men who spoke out veraciouslyagainst the treaty. Regardl...
