Nemoj se ljutiti, nisam imao nameru da omalovažavam nekog, iako sad vidim da je moglo da ima takav ton.
Ceo tekst u novinama Dnevnik je potekao od analize iz 2003. godine
SLOVENIA AND NATO od Noe Veltmena. Ovo je
sporni isečak:
Effects on Slovenia
The impacts that NATO accession will have on Slovenia are somewhat unclear, as they are complicated by the concurrent effects of EU accession. Increased defense spending will be required, due to equipment improvement along with membership fees and representative funds; Slovenia currently spends 1.61% of its GDP on its 7800 person military force, and that total should increase to at least 2% by 2008. Slovenia has been forced to modernize its military and also any militarily relevant infrastructure, which has born costs but also serves as a catalyst for modernization in a nation bracing itself for an influx of EU competition. In any case, Slovenia has been engaging in these reforms since the US Defense Assessment issued in 2000, so there will be no systemic shock or intense public expenditure. Membership also means the likely construction of one or more United States military bases on Slovenian soil as a base for potential operations in Southeastern Europe. In return, Slovenia will enjoy improved stature in the international community and be able to serve as the chief voice on security concerns in an entire region, the region that has arguably produced the greatest security difficulties in the past decade.
Ceo tekst se može naći na adresi
http://www.stanford.fu-berlin.de/Slovenia/nato.html.
Ovaj tekst je nastao krajem 2003. godine, a od tada se geopolitička situacija dosta promenila. Ko bi rekao 2003. godina da će Amerikanci napustiti Bondstil na Kosovu, a gradili su ga toliko velikog i tako temeljno?
Razumem i zašto je neko pretpostavio da bi se baza gradila kod Krškog - posedovanje infrastrukture od bivše JNA baze, i što je još važnije relativno funkcionalan aerodrom Cerklje, koji je takođe pripadao bivšoj JNA. Čak šta više, ja verujem da će Amerikanci sigurno imati nešto trupa u Sloveniji, pošto ih imaju u svim ostalim NATO zemljama, ali to će biti brojka koja bi se kretala oko 50-ak vojnika/specijalaca obučenih za brzo dejstvo.
Što se tiče našeg (ne)ulaska u NATO... Ja bih prvi poželeo da nikad ne uđemo u tu organizaciju. Pored razloga ekonomske prirode, glavni argument protiv pristupanja je čemu takva organizacija u današnjem posthladnoratovskom svetu uopšte služi? Da bi Amerika imala s kime da osvaja
neposlušne zemlje? Kako bi Amerika mogla da kaže: "Eto ima još zemalja koje su protiv Avganistana, Iraka, Srbije..."? Ono što me još više boli je što ćemo sigurno ući u taj famozni NATO, hteli to ili ne...