>While Secretary General, Ismay is also credited as having been the first person to say that the purpose of the alliance was "to keep the Russians out, the Amer

>While Secretary General, Ismay is also credited as having been the first person to say that the purpose of the alliance was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Isma... NATO has outlived its purpose, and a new European defense arrangement is needed.