[hinckley buzzard]

Simple. Since the collapse of the USSR NATO has been an "alliance" in search of a purpose. The fact is that there is no reason for NATO's existence today. The euros just don't want to give up the handle on the US defense establishment, just in case. They were not up to the task of dealing with Serbia/Kosovo etc, so they defaulted to "NATO," which meant the US.

All NATO is today is, a tap on the US treasury.

[af_vet_rr]

The fact is that there is no reason for NATO's existence today.

There is a reason - radical Islam, but nobody wants to name it out loud or within earshot of a reporter. The Islamists are out to destroy western non-Islamic civilization, whether it's in New York City or Berlin or London. We just don't have leaders willing to call it what is.