So I'm curious about something and I think someone at the Bulwark probably knows the answer.
During the Cold War, all Western countries were under the potential threat of having their governments infiltrated, and maybe even taken over, by Russian aligned communists. Let's call this the Manchurian Candidate scenario, or the Amerika scenari…
So I'm curious about something and I think someone at the Bulwark probably knows the answer.
During the Cold War, all Western countries were under the potential threat of having their governments infiltrated, and maybe even taken over, by Russian aligned communists. Let's call this the Manchurian Candidate scenario, or the Amerika scenario for those who remember the 1980s mini-series.
Did some element of the security services or the military have a protocol for what to do in such a circumstance? In other words, was there a plan for a resistance or a government in exile?
And what would happen, for instance, to NATO under such a scenario where suddenly the US became a Russian aligned country. Is there a secret provision somewhere that would allow NATO to sideline or expel the United States or some other country in that situation?
Not that I know of anyone in such a situation...asking for a friend...
A defect of NATO is that it is hard to admit new countries, and there is no provision for expelling countries. As the anti-Russia Europeans come together to create a new security architecture, I hope they will learn from these problems.
So I'm curious about something and I think someone at the Bulwark probably knows the answer.
During the Cold War, all Western countries were under the potential threat of having their governments infiltrated, and maybe even taken over, by Russian aligned communists. Let's call this the Manchurian Candidate scenario, or the Amerika scenario for those who remember the 1980s mini-series.
Did some element of the security services or the military have a protocol for what to do in such a circumstance? In other words, was there a plan for a resistance or a government in exile?
And what would happen, for instance, to NATO under such a scenario where suddenly the US became a Russian aligned country. Is there a secret provision somewhere that would allow NATO to sideline or expel the United States or some other country in that situation?
Not that I know of anyone in such a situation...asking for a friend...
A defect of NATO is that it is hard to admit new countries, and there is no provision for expelling countries. As the anti-Russia Europeans come together to create a new security architecture, I hope they will learn from these problems.