* *Why? In the Cold War several NATO allies who didn't have their own
nuclear weapons were loaned them so they could sit alert. The weapons
were always under positive control and have long since been returned to
the lending nations as far as I know. Proliferation from that point of
view is a non starter.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Wasn't referring to that "proliferation". The whole intra-European
debate about basing some limited ABM kit to negate some wacko's
potential threat has revealed some stress lines within Alliance
members. Then there's NATO enlargement indecisiveness (divisions)
probably a contributing factor to the Georgian episode. Turkey being
politely booted out of the club's buffet, etc.

That's toolbox NATO is turning into NATO Redux.