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[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When NATO was formed, French was the lingua franca, and as such it made sense to put the French acronym on the logo. I suppose it's still there because they didn't want to change it.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When do you think NATO was founded, 1850?

[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

French was the lingua franca until post WW2, when it started getting replaced with English. NATO was founded in 1949. It's not like French was completely supplanted in its use the day the bombs dropped on Japan. It's still heavily used internationally.