I remember that you reacted quite angry on the suggestion of some other Freepers that your soldiers should go into some certain countries throughout this world (I will not mention any names here ;-)) just to play the world-police. You asked corresponding the logical question: When this is none of our business why should we waste our blood, sweat, tears and... ...money here?
This is the problem of a too exaggerated NATO. Personally I do not see any sense to defend countries or people without any practical benefit as long as they have no real connection to me or my country. I.e. why should conflicts in Africa be of any relevance to Germany or Poland as long as we have no vital interests there? It is understandable to help its neighbours in the case of a conflict but... ...defending a strange, foreign country 7000 miles away?
Therefore I think that NATO is dying if it is overblown. Ah - we did not talk about ethnical coherence: Would you prefer fighting for Pakistan or Australia??!