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table price human beings must pay to live in the age
of technology. Living with destructive technologies is
our lot, the debt we bear in behalf of progress. They
are, after all, the ultimate guardian of our safety.
Foreign policy must be based on this reality; <strong>and</strong> the
United States should work with its Allies <strong>and</strong> strategic
partners on those achievable objectives that lower the
risks of the spread of nuclear weapons <strong>and</strong> the possibility
of nuclear weapons use.
<strong>NATO</strong> is the world’s most successful <strong>and</strong> longestlived
collective security organization. At the end of
the day, I am optimistic that the Alliance will make
the right <strong>and</strong> best choices in the difficult <strong>and</strong> challenging
security <strong>and</strong> economic environment of today. As
Bismarck allegedly observed, “If you like the law <strong>and</strong>
sausage, you should see neither one of them being
made.” 35 So too with <strong>NATO</strong>’s deterrence <strong>and</strong> defense
posture.
ENDNOTES - CHAPTER 17
1. The views expressed here are my own.
2 Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Monthly Press
Conference, April 19, 2010.
3. See 1991 Alliance Strategic Concept, para. 39; 1999 Alliance
Strategic Concept, para. 46; <strong>and</strong> the 2010 Strategic Concept for the Defense
<strong>and</strong> Security of the Members of <strong>NATO</strong>, para. 19. See also the 2010
<strong>NATO</strong> Lisbon Summit Declaration, para. 30, available from www.
nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_68828.htm?mode=pressrelease.
4. “World at Risk: Report of the Commission on the Prevention
of WMD Proliferation <strong>and</strong> Terrorism,” published December
3, 2008, available from www.cfr.org/terrorism/world-risk-reportcommission-prevention-wmd-proliferation-terrorism/p17910.
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