Composition (No. 10 - after correction)

The Czech Republic joined NATO 12 years ago. Twelve years is the long time for many people, it is one thirds of their working carrier (from passing the university to retirement). So, it is time to say: “What about the way NATO conducts its military operation?”
However I did not participate on any operation abroad, I have many very different pieces of information about it. So, it is difficult to speak about some concrete situations, but it is possible to try to make a résumé of general information – where and why the countries joined NATO to participate in local conflicts. Let summarize this type of information.
Firstly, where the NATO countries participate in some local conflicts? Nowadays there is the well-known conflict in Afghanistan, which seems to be endless. Needles to say, the situation in Kosovo or Iraq is still unclear and the units of NATO countries have to stay there longer than the expected time. According to today’s news, in Libya, Egypt or Yemen it would be the same in near future.
Secondly, the simple answer to the question “why” does not exist. But all these places, except Kosovo, have one thing, which connects them together – and that is oil. And if we changed the word “oil” to word “resources”, we would be able to add the countries created in the area “Yugoslavia”. So, the resources seem to be a reason why we participate on these conflicts, although in the role of the pace-keeper. Moreover, I suppose, it not necessary to describe the logic way from “resources and having the area of them under control” to “to be prospering country” or “wealth”. The status “having resources” and “to be rich” are not equivalent, but it is necessary to have resources to be able to start and develop the process in the economy.
Generally speaking, I feel the membership of our country in NATO as “the ticket to club of rich countries”. The politicians had been probably motivated by the same ideas. Taking everything into account, the described circumstances seem to me as the international political system based on the idea to have the areas with resources under control. It is possible to discuss if the system is moral or immoral. But it is the way that has been used many times in the past and it works. Who has resources is the winner.