Germany in particular has done next to nothing in Afghanistan, other than to send a few soldiers to stand on street corners in Kabul.
But the Brits have nearly 8,000 troops in Afghanistan, Canada 2500 and France is about to send 1000 to the most violent areas.
Most of the other NATO members have token forces in parts of the country where there is almost no violence.
In other words, the only real help we’re getting is from countries that would have helped us anyway without the treaty.
LSU, you just made Alberta’s point for him. NATO’s commitment to Afghanistan is both lukewarm & tenuous. While they went in initially as a ‘solidarity’ move under the Treaty, every member country has made noises about withdrawing or severly limiting their combat role. Doesn’t sound like much of an alliance to me.