George Robertson Allies Quotations

The 18 NATO allies -- members of the integrated military structure -- agreed today to task military planners to begin their work and advice on preventive deployment of AWACS airplanes, NATO support for deployment of theater missile defenses of Turkey, and support for allied chemical and biological defense capabilities,

The NATO nations wanted to help an ally. They wanted to be sure they were standing by one of the NATO allies when there was a threat.