![NATO: Coming to terms with America’s Frankenstein monster NATO: Coming to terms with America’s Frankenstein monster](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/anniversary-of-yugoslavia-bombings-nato.si_-310x168.jpg)
The fifteenth anniversary of NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia, a barbaric and illegal act that mocked international law, provides an opportunity to consider the ultimate purpose of the US-led military machine. NATO’s attack on Yugoslavia, which saw US-built cruise missiles pound the Balkan nation into submission after 78 consecutive days of bomb strikes (March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999), taught Russia a valuable lesson: