IHarper’s Conservatives ithakaselwa yiNorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation. ICanada yabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu eLibya okuholwa yi-NATO ngonyaka odlule futhi cishe “abaqeqeshi” bezempi baseCanada abangaba ngu-1000 bayaqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza empini inhlangano elwayo e-Afghanistan. Ngonyaka odlule uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uPeter MacKay waluthethelela uhlelo lokusungula izizinda zamasosha ayi-7 aseCanada emhlabeni jikelele, ngokwengxenye ngesizathu sokuthi "singabadlali abakhulu ku-NATO."
Isikhundla sama-Conservatives siwukujikijela kohlobo oluthile. Emashumini amabili eminyaka okuqala enhlangano i-NATO yayisenhliziyweni yenqubomgomo yangaphandle yaleli zwe. Esebenzisa ihaba nje kancane, uPierre Trudeau wathi eminyakeni edlule ngaphambi kokuba abe nguNdunankulu ngo-1968 "sasingenayo inqubomgomo yezokuvikela, okushoyo, ngaphandle kwaleyo ye-NATO. Futhi inqubomgomo yethu yezokuvikela yayinqume yonke inqubomgomo yethu yangaphandle. Futhi besingenayo inqubomgomo yezangaphandle ebaluleke kakhulu ngaphandle kwaleyo evela ku-NATO. "
Isungulwe ku-1949, abanye bakholelwa ukuthi i-NATO kwakungumbono waseCanada. UNobhala Wezindaba Zangaphandle u-Lester Pearson waqala ukucabanga ngomfelandawonye osemthethweni wezempi wasentshonalanga ngo-1946 futhi ngo-March 1948 wamela iCanada ezingxoxweni eziyimfihlo eziphezulu ne-US kanye neBrithani mayelana nokuthi kungenzeka yini ukudala umfelandawonye we-North Atlantic.
Ngokusemthethweni, i-NATO yayiyimpendulo yaseNtshonalanga kuSoviet Union enolaka. Umbono wokuthi i-US, noma iNtshonalanga Yurophu, yasongelwa yiSoviet Union ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II uyahlekisa. Abantu abayizigidi ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu eSoviet Union balahlekelwa izimpilo zabo empini ngenkathi i-US iphuma ku-WWII inamandla kakhulu kunangesikhathi bengena kuyo. Ngemva kokubhujiswa kwe-WWII, amaSoviet ayengenaso isithakazelo sokulwa ne-US kanye nabalingani bayo, izikhulu zaseCanada nezaseMelika ezazivuma ngasese.
Esikhundleni sokuzivikela ekuhlaselweni okungenzeka kweRussia, i-NATO yathathwa njengokusabela ekukhuleni komzwelo wezenhlalakahle eNtshonalanga Yurophu. Abahleli be-NATO besaba ukuncipha kokuzethemba phakathi kwezikhulu zaseNtshonalanga Yurophu kanye nenkolelo esabalele yokuthi ubukhomanisi kwakuyigagasi lekusasa. I-NATO yaklanywa kakhulu, njengoba uPearson achaza encwadini yangaphakathi ka-1948, “ukukhulisa ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni nasezingqondweni zabo bonke labo emhlabeni abathanda inkululeko lokho kuqiniseka nokholo oluzobuyisela amandla abo.” UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle ubevuleleke ngokufanelekile mayelana nenhloso ye-NATO. Ngo-March 1949 uPearson watshela iHouse of Commons: “Amandla amakhomanisi, nomaphi lapho lawo mandla echuma khona, ancike emandleni awo okucindezela nokubhubhisa izinhlangano ezikhululekile ezimelene nawo. Bawaqoka ngamunye ngamunye: amaqembu ezombusazwe, izinyunyana, amasonto, izikole, amanyuvesi, izinhlangano zabasebenzi, ngisho namakilabhu ezemidlalo kanye nezinkulisa. INorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation ihloselwe ukuba isimemezelo emhlabeni wonke ukuthi lolu hlobo lokunqoba ngaphakathi ngeke lwenzeke phakathi kwethu ngokuzayo. " Amashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha aseNyakatho Melika ayemiswe eNtshonalanga Yurophu ukuze avimbele noma yikuphi "ukunqotshwa ngaphakathi".
Ukuqhafaza i-European Left kwaba yingxenye enkulu yokusungulwa kwe-NATO. Esinye isici esikhulu esasishukumisa abantu abaphakeme baseNyakatho Melika kwakuyisifiso sokubusa umhlaba. Ezikhulwini zaseCanada isivumelwano saseNyakatho Atlantic sathethelela ukubusa kweYurophu/eNyakatho Melika emhlabeni wonke. Njengengxenye yenkulumompikiswano yasePhalamende mayelana ne-NATO Pearson uthe: "Ayikho indlela engcono yokuqinisekisa ukuphepha koLwandlekazi iPacific ngalesi sikhathi kunokusebenza, phakathi kwamandla amakhulu entando yeningi, ilungiselelo lezokuphepha elizozwakala. kuwo wonke umhlaba, kuhlanganise nendawo yasePacific.” Eminyakeni emibili kamuva ungqongqoshe wangaphandle wathi: “Ukuvikela iMpumalanga Ephakathi kubalulekile ekuvikeleni ngempumelelo iYurophu nendawo enyakatho ye-Atlantic.” Ngo-February 1953 uPearson waqhubeka wathi: “Manje kunegebe elincane kuphela [lamakhilomitha angu-5000] phakathi kweningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia nendawo ehlanganiswe isivumelwano saseNyakatho Atlantic, esiya emingceleni esempumalanga yeTurkey.”
Ngomqondo othile ukuvezwa okudumile kwe-NATO njengelungiselelo lokuzivikela kwakufanelekile. Ngemva kweMpi Enkulu Yesibili YaseYurophu imibuso yamakoloni yayibuthakathaka kwezomnotho kuyilapho ukunyakaza okulwa nobukoloni kwakungase kuzuze ukusekelwa ngaphandle. I-Soviets kanye ne-Mao's China, isibonelo, yasiza amaVietnam. Ngokufanayo, i-Egypt yasekela abashisekeli bobuzwe base-Algeria futhi kamuva i-Angola yazuza ekusekelweni kwama-Cuba ayengathembeki kakhulu. Ibhalansi yamazwe ngamazwe yamandla yayisukile emibusweni yamakoloni.
Ukuze agcine amakoloni awo amandla aseYurophu ayelokhu encike kakhulu osizweni lwaseNyakatho Melika nolwezezimali. I-NATO yenza izinqumo eziningi ezisekela igunya lamakholoni laseYurophu. Ekwindla ka-1951 u-Pearson waphendula umnyakazo wase-Iran nase-Egypt ukwenza buthaka ithonya laseBrithani ngokutshela iPhalamende: "IMpumalanga Ephakathi ibaluleke kakhulu ekuvikelweni kwendawo yaseNyakatho ye-Atlantic ukuyivumela ukuba ibe indawo yokuvala amandla noma ukudlula. izandla ezingenabungane.” Ngonyaka olandelayo i-Ottawa yaqaphela amakoloni aseVietnam, iCambodia neLaos “njengamazwe ahlobene” neFrance, ngokombiko wangaphakathi, “ukusiza uzakwabo we-NATO, owayezanywe kanzima yizinkinga zakwamanye amazwe nezasekhaya.” Okubaluleke nakakhulu, iCanada yanikeza iFrance amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi emishini yezempi ngohlelo lwe-NATO's Mutual Aid. Lezi zikhali zazisetshenziswa kakhulu ukucindezela ukunyakaza kwenkululeko yaseVietnam kanye ne-Algeria. Ngo-1953 uPearson watshela iNdlu: “Usizo esilunikeze iFrance njengelungu lenhlangano ye-NATO kungenzeka ukuthi lumsizile muva nje ekufezeni ezinye zezibopho zakhe e-Indo-China [Vietnam].” Ngokufanayo, usizo lwaseCanada nase-US lwasetshenziswa amaDashi ukugcina ukubusa kwawo phezu kwe-Indonesia kanye neNtshonalanga Papa New Guinea, ngamaBelgians eCongo, eRwanda naseBurundi kanye namaNgisi ezindaweni eziningi.
I-NATO yaphakamisa igunya lamakholoni aseYurophu kodwa yakwenza lokho kumongo wokwandisa ithonya laseWashington phezu kweGlobal South. Abagqugquzeli be-NATO abahamba phambili njengoNobhala Wezwe wase-US uDean Acheson, uMongameli uHarry Truman kanye no-Lester Pearson bonke babone iMpi yaseKorea eyayiholwa yi-1950-53 njengesivivinyo sokuqala se-NATO, nakuba senzeka izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha ukusuka endaweni enyakatho ye-Atlantic. Idizayinelwe ukugcina ubumbano lwangaphakathi phakathi kwemibuso ephambili yonxiwankulu, i-NATO yayiwumfelandawonye wezempi wohlelo lwamazwe ngamazwe olwalugxile e-US lwangemva kweMpi Yezwe II, olwaluhlanganisa i-International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank kanye ne-International Trade Organization (ITO).
Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha kamuva i-NATO iyaqhubeka nokuphoqelela uhlelo lwe-geopolitical kanye nezomnotho oluholwa yi-US, oluchaza ukuthi ama-Conservatives asekela ngokuqinile inhlangano.
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