DISINFO: NATO does not serve the purpose of war prevention, it continues to wage wars
SUMMARY
The military alliance NATO does not serve the purpose of war prevention. It has waged and continues to wage wars.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring disinformation narrative about belligerent NATO, portraying the Alliance as a threat to peace. NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect its member states. NATO is regularly updating the military requirements for civilian infrastructure, at a time when there are increased challenges to security. NATO's exercises and military deployments are not directed against Russia, nor any other country. Exercises are designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Read more similar cases alleging that NATO is trying to encircle Russia and has one goal – to neutralise Russia and that the expansion of NATO to the East is military aggression. This disinformation message appeared in the same article as the claim that all German political parties are following directives from Washington.