when President Kennedy gives some of hisstrategic nuclear forces to NATO. Next, as a show of our military muscle, the US performsoperation Big Lift which was an operation in which 14,500 troops were flown to Germany toshoe the NATO member nations that we were willing, ready and able to get troops to Europe fordefense in emergency situations. So, as I said before, in this period it seems as if the US wants toshow off or just make sure that the other NATO member nations know that we are 100% onboard with them and that our policy towards NATO was one of contribution by all means. the fourth and final of the main policy periods early on lasted from 1965 to 1969 and wascalled the period of ambiguity. This was a period in which Congressmen were a bit uneasy abouta warlike foreign policy. Once again, though, through all of this turmoil Congress still supportedthe President. This period was classified by its name because More and more members ofCongress felt that they should be consulted by the President on crucial questions of war andpeace.14 In this period you see the United States policy towards NATO taking a back seat tothe Policy towards the Vietnam war. In this time of limited policy towards NATO you seeAmerica meeting with the rest of the NATO member nations to discuss the creation of a nuclearplanning group which was created and had there first meeting in Washington, DC The only otherevent was the twentieth anniversary of NATO celebration in 1969 in Washington, DCFor the remaining thirty years from 1969 to 1999 you see Americas policy towardsNATO being consistent with the policy of the past. The main policy was contribution with no realbig seminal events occurring because the crumbling of the USSR was occurring. You still see anexpansionist policy as well as more countries are acceded to NATO. So to sum it all up for thelast thirty years Americas policy towards NATO has been one of contribution, expansion, andmilitary aid. ...
