• ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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      The same reason IG Farben was renamed BASF after the war: there was nothing wrong with the name and it was the same company core (minus a few bits) but IG Farben was a bit too associated with Zyklon B.

      NATO is intimately associated with the US for historical reasons. A new name would signal a willingness to put down the historical baggage and start afresh.