{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Our America -  Essays on Politics and American Life","provider_url":"https:\/\/dahlman.online","author_name":"Marty Dahlman","author_url":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/author\/mdahlman\/","title":"The \"Break Glass\" Moment : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"H5gtxH1TEm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/the-break-glass-moment\/\">The &#8220;Break Glass&#8221; Moment<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/the-break-glass-moment\/embed\/#?secret=H5gtxH1TEm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The &#8220;Break Glass&#8221; Moment&#8221; &#8212; Our America -  Essays on Politics and American Life\" data-secret=\"H5gtxH1TEm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dahlman.online\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"NATO The United States of America ratified the North Atlantic Treaty, the basis for the defense agreement we call NATO, in July of 1949.\u00a0\u00a0That treaty went through the entire Constitutional process (US Constitution, Article 2,\u00a0\u00a72).\u00a0\u00a0President Truman negotiated the deal, then sent it to the United States Senate for ratification.\u00a0\u00a0As a treaty, it needed to receive &hellip; Continue reading \"\"","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dahlman.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_3564-e1488996194684.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":640}