NATO as a religional organization

 Everyone knows that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance of countries. What a lot of people don't know is that it's also a religious organization.

The alliance has its own official religion, which is called "NATOism." In fact, many of the activities and rituals associated with NATO can only be described as "religious."

According to NATO's official website, its purpose is "to safeguard the freedom and security of its members through political and military means." But what does that mean? And how does it tie in to religion?

Here are some things you might not have known about NATO:

1. The supreme leader of NATO is a being called "The Supreme Allied Commander." He's always a man, and he has always been a man. It seems likely that this position is based on the supreme leaders of other religions around the world. The Pope, for example, is also known as the "Supreme Pontiff." Like the Pope, the Supreme Allied Commander is considered infallible. If he says something controversial — like, say, if he says that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism — then everyone in NATO just shuts up and agrees with him.

2. There are several different sacraments in NATOism. One of them is

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also known as the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

Toward this end, NATO has created two subsidiary bodies: the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and a tri-military component, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC).

The treaty was signed in Washington, D.C. on 4 April 1949 by a committee composed of the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It was ratified by the United States that same year in accordance with Article XIII of the treaty. The treaty did not enter into force until it was ratified by all invitees' parliaments: Portugal's ratification on 25 March 1951 formally completed the treaty.

The NATO Secretary General is nominated by member states and appointed by consensus.

NATO's supreme body is the North Atlantic Council (NAC) composed of ambassadors from member countries' permanent representatives to NATO (permanent ambassadors). Since once in every six months after 1997 one of these Council members must be

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international organization that is composed of 28 member states from North America and Europe. It was established as a political alliance in 1949, and it has evolved into a military alliance over the subsequent years. The group's main goal is to provide collective security for its members through political and military means.

What Is NATO?

NATO was established as a military alliance in 1949 by 12 countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourgish, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Greece and Turkey joined the following year; Germany became a member in 1955; Spain in 1982; the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in 1999; Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in 2004; Albania and Croatia joined in 2009; while Albania withdrew in 2009. Montenegro joined in 2017.

The alliance operates on a system of collective defense whereby an attack against one or more members is considered an attack against all of its members. This arrangement has been invoked once: Following the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., NATO invoked Article 5 of its charter for the first time ever on behalf of the United States. In response to the terrorist attacks

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

The organization has expanded since its inception twelve founding members, to twenty-nine today, with several other countries as observers, or having signed a protocol to join. NATO's headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium, where the most senior mission is called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Command Headquarters (SHAPE).

NATO is the best military alliance in the world. It has been around since 1949 and currently consists of 28 countries. It has its headquarters in Brussels and it's headed by a Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Treaty of Washington, which established NATO, was signed on 4 April 1949. The treaty states that "an armed attack against one or more of them [member countries] in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all". The treaty also states that if any of the allies is attacked, each of them must help the other members by all means, including military ones. This clause was invoked for the first time after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Since 1949, three new members have joined NATO: Greece (1952), Spain (1982) and Poland (1999). In order to join NATO a country needs to fulfill criteria determined at the summit meetings and confirmed by member countries. The most important criteria is that a country must be able to defend itself and to contribute to NATO operations. Also economic stability, democratic values, commitment to contribute 2% of GDP on defence budget are required from every candidate country.

NATO has been a key player in the fight against international terrorism since 11 September 2001. As a result of the Alliance's efforts, thousands of terrorists have been arrested and prevented from doing harm. NATO has also been at the forefront of building a broad international coalition to combat terrorism.

NATO is not just an organization for defence; it is also an instrument of peace, stability and security. It has made an important contribution towards reconciliation across Europe, including in the Balkans. The Alliance has helped countries that were once at war with each other to find common ground and work together for the sake of their own peoples.

The Alliance's strong tradition of dialogue and cooperation was shown in October 2003 when NATO leaders met with representatives from Russia – to whom they had not spoken directly since May 1997 – on the margins of a NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting in Istanbul. They agreed to intensify political contacts between NATO and Russia. This was a significant step forward in developing our relationship with Russia, and also marked the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between NATO and Russia.

The Istanbul decision led to another landmark event: in May 2004, for the first time ever, a Russian President came to Brussels for talks with NATO leaders. The NATO-Russia Council (N

Since the cold war, NATO has been struggling to redejfine itself. The collapse of communism, the reunification of Germany and the Soviet Union's dissolution all conspired to make the alliance redundant. In the absence of an external enemy, what was NATO for?

With time, NATO developed a new raison d'être: it sought to become the guarantor of international security in Europe. This was first tested in 1999, when it helped wage a successful war against Serbia and then again after 9/11, when it invoked its mutual defence clause for the first time and carried out airstrikes against al-Qaida targets in Afghanistan. Yet despite this commitment to common action and a broadening of its remit, NATO's purpose remains ambiguous.

This is partly because its members have different goals — some seek more integration with their neighbours, others want to keep them at arm's length. Italy, for example, argues that Morocco and Tunisia should be invited to join; France is opposed. There are also those who fear that enlarging the alliance risks diluting its identity. As one senior member of staff put it: "We don't want a biathlon club."

There are other underlying tensions too. Some states are wary about ceding sovereignty over defence matters to Brussels;